TEHRAN -- Veteran Iranian 
actor Jamal Ejlali passed away at the age of 78.
The actor of TV series ‘In My Heart’ and ‘Madness of Love’ passed away at his home in Tehran on Sunday, after a period of illness.
Born in 1947, Ejlali became familiar with the arts from a young age. He was admitted to the Faculty of Fine Arts in Theater Acting and began his official career.
He appeared in a large number of movies, including ‘Taboo’ and ‘Wind Blows in the Meadow’, both directed by Khosro Masoumi, ‘Guinness’ by Mohsen Tanabandeh, ‘Thick Makeup’ by Hamid Nematollah, ‘The Blue’ by Hamid Labkhandeh, ‘All the Temptations of the Earth’ by Hamid Samandarian and ‘A Persian Melody’ by Hamidreza Qotbi.
After a two-year hiatus due to illness, Ejlali returned to acting in 2018 with roles in the series ‘The Secret of Lovers’ by Mohammad-Hossein Latifi and ‘The Soldier’ by Hadi Moqaddam-Doust, as well as the feature film ‘The Redstarts’ by Arash Moayyerian.