A member of a council that advises Iran’s supreme
leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio
reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness that is
affecting members of the Islamic Republic’s leadership.Expediency Council member
Mohammad Mirmohammadi died at a Tehran hospital of the virus, state radio said.
leader died Monday after falling sick from the new coronavirus, state radio
reported, becoming the first top official to succumb to the illness that is
affecting members of the Islamic Republic’s leadership.Expediency Council member
Mohammad Mirmohammadi died at a Tehran hospital of the virus, state radio said.
The council advises
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as settles disputes between the
supreme leader and parliament.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as settles disputes between the
supreme leader and parliament.
His death comes as other
top officials have contracted the virus in Iran, which has the highest death
toll in the world after China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
top officials have contracted the virus in Iran, which has the highest death
toll in the world after China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
Those sick included Vice
President Masoumeh Ebtekar, better known as “Sister Mary,” the English-speaking
spokeswoman for the students who seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and
sparked the 444-day hostage crisis, state media reported. Also sick is Iraj
Harirchi, the head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who
tried to downplay the virus before falling ill.
President Masoumeh Ebtekar, better known as “Sister Mary,” the English-speaking
spokeswoman for the students who seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and
sparked the 444-day hostage crisis, state media reported. Also sick is Iraj
Harirchi, the head of an Iranian government task force on the coronavirus who
tried to downplay the virus before falling ill.
Iran has reported 978
confirmed cases of the new virus with 54 deaths from the illness it causes,
called COVID-19. Across the wider Mideast, there are over 1,150 cases of the
new coronavirus, the majority of which are linked back to Iran.
confirmed cases of the new virus with 54 deaths from the illness it causes,
called COVID-19. Across the wider Mideast, there are over 1,150 cases of the
new coronavirus, the majority of which are linked back to Iran.