‘World’s dirtiest man’ dies in Iran two months after agreeing to wash

Oct. 26 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Amou Haji, the Iranian hermit who had been anointed by the media as ‘the dirtiest man in the world’, has died aged 94, two months after he agreed to wash himself for the first time in decades.

Haji lived isolated in Dejgah, a town in the province of Fars, smoking the cigarettes given to him by other citizens, who unsuccessfully tried to get their dirty neighbor to relate to water and soap, elements that he knew how to avoid for half a century for fear of getting sick. .

Paradoxically, and after giving in to pressure from his devoted neighbors, Haji decided to wash himself. According to the BBC, which quotes the Iranian news agency IRNA, shortly after that he fell ill and ended up dying, he died this Sunday.

However, it is most likely that his death was related to his diet based on rotten meat and spoiled water that he drank from an old oil can, far from what he claimed was his favorite dish back in 2014, the porcupine. , as he said in an interview for ‘Tehran Times’ in which he revealed that he lived in a hole inside a shack that had been built for him.

In that interview, he revealed that he decided to opt for this lifestyle due to a series of “emotional setbacks” when he was younger, a decision that over the years smeared his skin with soot and pus.