Amou Haji

Amou Haji (; 20 August 1928 – 23 October 2022), also known as the "World's Dirtiest Man", He lived in the village of Dezh Gah in Fars province. He did not bathe for over 60 years, from until shortly before his death in 2022, because he feared that soap and water might cause disease. He claimed that he became a hermit due to "emotional setbacks" after experiencing heartbreak.

Amou Haji was celibate, ate carrion that he found (especially rotting porcupines), drank water from puddles and rusty oil cans, smoked animal dung using an old pipe, wore a war helmet to fend off cold, and lived in a hole that he had dug himself, or occasionally in a cinder block house constructed for him by local people. To manage his hair, he burned off the excesses with a flame. His skin was covered with soot because he "bathed" in smoke to cleanse himself.

He was photographed smoking multiple cigarettes simultaneously He said that these attempts to care for him made him sad.

His story was covered in a 2013 documentary titled The Strange Life of Amou Haji.

Death Despite his unhygienic lifestyle, he lived to the age of 94. He died a few months after bathing for the first time in 60 years, having been persuaded by the inhabitants of the village to do so.