Politicians killed by Covid-19 in Iran6 Mar 2020 16:28
Politicians killed by Covid-19 in Iran
Several politicians or government officials are among those who have been killed by the disease in Iran.
They include Hossein Sheikholeslam, an adviser to Iran's foreign minister. He died late on Thursday, state news agency IRNA reported.
A former ambassador to Syria, he also served as deputy foreign minister from 1981 to 1997.
Mr Sheikholeslam was also one of those involved in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, when students stormed the US embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage.
Five others known to have died from coronavirus are politicians or government officials, including Mohammad Ali Ramezani, an MP from Gilan.