Hossein Sheikholeslam ( fa, حسین شیخ الاسلام; 29 November 1952 – 5 March 2020) was an Iranian
conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...
politician and diplomat who was advisor to the foreign minister
Javad Zarif. He also was a member of the Seventh
Islamic Parliament of Iran and previously the Iranian ambassador to
Syria.
Sheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker
Ali Larijani
Ali Ardeshir Larijani ( fa, علی لاریجانی, ; born 3 June 1957) is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran ...
for the International Affairs.
Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the
Iran hostage crisis
On November 4, 1979, 52 United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over ...
.
Sheikholeslam died as a result of
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
on 5 March 2020.
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Nominees Deny Iranian Report on Hostages16 October 1988
Members of the 7th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Iranian diplomats
1952 births
Ambassadors of Iran to Syria
Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran politicians
Voice of Nation politicians
Islamic Society of Engineers politicians
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
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