Hossein Sheikholeslam

Hossein Sheikholeslam (Persian: حسین شیخ‌الاسلام; 29 November 1952 – 5 March 2020) was an Iranian politician, activist and diplomat. He was an advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif.[1][2] He also was a member of the Seventh Islamic Parliament of Iran fro 2004 to 2008. He was the Iranian ambassador to Syria from 1998 to 2003.[3] He was born Isfahan, Iran.

Hossein Sheikholeslam
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Hossein Sheikholeslam in 2020
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2008
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority524,568 (26.60%)
Ambassador of Iran to Syria
In office
July 1998 – 31 October 2003
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byMohammad Hassan Akhtari
Succeeded byMohammad Reza Bagheri
Personal details
Born29 November 1952
Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran
Died5 March 2020(2020-03-05) (aged 67)
Tehran, Iran
Cause of deathCOVID-19
NationalityIranian
Political partyIslamic 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 materShahid Beheshti University
University of California, Berkeley

Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.[4]

Sheikholeslam died on 5 March 2020 in Tehran from the novel coronavirus.[5][6]

References

  1. "شیخ الاسلام مشاور وزیر خارجه شد | خبرگزاری فارس". Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. "شیخ الاسلام مشاور وزیر خارجه شد".
  3. Kharrazi in Damascus for foreign ministers meet of Iraq neighbors
  4. Analysis: Iran Sends Terror-Group Supporters To Arafat's Funeral Procession
  5. Former advisor to Zarif latest Iranian official to be infected by coronavirus. 3 March 2020. http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2020/03/03/Former-advisor-to-Zarif-latest-Iranian-official-to-be-infected-by-coronavirus.html. Retrieved 4 March 2020. 
  6. "دیپلمات سابق ایران بر اثر ابتلا به کرونا درگذشت؛ حال فاطمه رهبر «وخیم» اعلام شد". (Radio Farda) رادیو فردا (in فارسی). Retrieved 2020-03-05.