Amir Arison who has played Aram Mojtabi on The Blacklist show for nine seasons is leaving. Laura Sohn, who has played FBI agent Alina Park for the past three seasons, is also leaving the show. After the severe Aram’s story arc that led up to the recent episode “The Bear Mask,” which highlighted the significance of mental health. At the end of the blacklist Season 9 finale, He said to the task force that he is taking a break.
Amir Arison is departing as a series regular, the possibility of him will appear as a guest star in Season 10 remains open. In Season 1, Arison appeared as a recurring character on The Blacklist, then in Season 2, he was upgraded to series regular. The reason behind leaving the blacklist is as Aram Mojtabi prepares to make his Broadway debut as Amir in The Kite Runner this summer.
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Arison said to deadline, “I have been so honored to play Aram Mojtabai for 9 years on The Blacklist,” Arison said in a statement to Deadline. “It is not lost on me how lucky I am to have been able to work and evolve with a role for 9 years with this extraordinary cast, crew, writers and producers. I could not pass up the opportunity, however, to fulfill a childhood dream of being on Broadway playing ‘Amir’ in The Kite Runner with a stage adaptation that is both breathtaking and timely. The producers, studio and network have been so supportive of my decision, and Aram remains ‘alive’ with the potential for a possible return at some point. Story-wise, it feels so organic with the events of this past season to take this step, and I couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.”
