Hossein Sheikholeslam
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Hossein Sheikholeslam | |
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![]() Hossein Sheikholeslam in 2020 | |
Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
In office 28 May 2004 – 28 May 2008 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority | 524,568 (26.60%) |
Ambassador of Iran to Syria | |
In office July 1998 – 31 October 2003 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Mohammad Hassan Akhtari |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Reza Bagheri |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 November 1952 Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran |
Died | 5 March 2020 Tehran, Iran | (aged 67)
Cause of death | COVID-19 |
Political party | Islamic Society of Engineers |
Other political affiliations | Voice of the Nation (2012, 2016) Principlists Pervasive Coalition (2008) Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004) Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line (1979–1981) |
Alma mater | Shahid Beheshti University University of California, Berkeley |
Hossein Sheikholeslam (Persian: حسین شیخ الاسلام; 29 November 1952 – 5 March 2020) was an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif.[1][2] He also was a member of the Seventh Islamic Parliament of Iran[3] and previously the Iranian ambassador to Syria.[4]
Sheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the International Affairs.
Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.[5]
Sheikholeslam died as a result of COVID-19 on 5 March 2020.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "شیخ الاسلام مشاور وزیر خارجه شد | خبرگزاری فارس". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ^ "شیخ الاسلام مشاور وزیر خارجه شد". Yjc.ir. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ FA Wikipedia
- ^ "Kharrazi in Damascus for foreign ministers meet of Iraq neighbors". www.globalsecurity.org.
- ^ Samii, Bill. "Analysis: Iran Sends Terror-Group Supporters To Arafat's Funeral Procession". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
- ^ "دیپلمات سابق ایران بر اثر ابتلا به کرونا درگذشت؛ حال فاطمه رهبر "وخیم" اعلام شد". (Radio Farda) رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Senior Iranian official and former advisor to Zarif dies of coronavirus". Al Arabiya English. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Nominees Deny Iranian Report on Hostages 16 October 1988
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- Ambassadors of Iran to Syria
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- Islamic Society of Engineers politicians
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- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
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