Hossein Sheikholeslam
Hossein Sheikholeslam | |
|---|---|
 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 (aged 67) Tehran, Iran |
| Cause of death | COVID-19 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| 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 شیخالاسلام; 29 November 1952 – 5 March 2020) was an Iranian politician, activist and diplomat. He was an advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif. 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. He was born Isfahan, Iran.
Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.
Sheikholeslam died on 5 March 2020 in Tehran from the novel coronavirus.
References
- ↑ "شیخ الاسلام مشاور وزیر خارجه شد | خبرگزاری فارس". Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ↑ "شیخ الاسلام مشاور وزیر خارجه شد".
- ↑ Kharrazi in Damascus for foreign ministers meet of Iraq neighbors
- ↑ "Analysis: Iran Sends Terror-Group Supporters To Arafat's Funeral Procession". Archived from the original on 2004-11-14. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ↑ "Former advisor to Zarif latest Iranian official to be infected by coronavirus". Al Arabiya English. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "دیپلمات سابق ایران بر اثر ابتلا به کرونا درگذشت؛ حال فاطمه رهبر «وخیم» اعلام شد". (Radio Farda) رادیو فردا (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-03-05.
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