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Iranian official involved in US hostage crisis dies of coronavirus
Former Iranian ambassador to Syria Hossein Sheikholeslam, 68, died ON Thursday after contracting coronavirus earlier in the week, according to Radio Farda.
Sheikholeslam tested positive for the virus two days prior and was taken to a local hospital in Tehran where all infected Iranian officials are currently being treated at. It is reported that 8% of Iranian members of parliament are infected with the disease.
The speaker of the parliament claimed that the former ambassador was recovering from the infection the day before his death.
Sheikholeslam was one of the leaders of the group responsible for taking 52 United States diplomats hostage at the US Embassy in Iran following the Iranian Revolution of 1979.