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Iranian officials killed by coronavirus; confirmed and unconfirmed cases:
Former lawmaker Mohammadreza Rahchamani died on Monday from coronavirus, the official IRNA news agency reported. The 64-year-old was a member of parliament from 1984 to 2000.
Farzad Tazari, a former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has also died from coronavirus, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday. Tazari was the former deputy of the political bureau of the IRGC.
He had also been part of the IRGC intelligence organization, according to Tasnim.
Reza Modarresi, a cleric from Qom, died from coronavirus, the semi-official Khabar Online news agency reported on March 7.
Cleric Ali Hosseini, the head of the Islamic Development Organization in the city of Aliabad-e-Katul in Golestan province, died on March 5, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Friday.
While Mehr did not cite the cause of his death, other Iranian media outlets reported that Hosseini died from coronavirus.
Two other Iranian clerics, Mostafa Amini and Nematollah Javadi Bamiani, have also died from coronavirus, according to unconfirmed reports.
Mousa Torabzadeh, the former prosecutor of Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh, a city in Gilan province, has also died from coronavirus, according to a Telegram channel affiliated with the Iranian judiciary.
Ayatollah Reza Mohammadi Langroudi also died from the virus, state media confirmed on March 7.
Cleric Akbar Dehghan also died from coronavirus on March 5, the semi-official Khabar Online news agency reported. Dehghan headed the Qom seminary interpretation staff.
Ayatollah Mohsen Habibi, a member of the Supreme Council of Tehran’s Seminaries, also died from coronavirus, the state-run Rokna news agency confirmed on March 5.
The Iranian judiciary’s website, Mizan, reported on March 5 that cleric Ali Khalafi, a deputy to the head of the judiciary, has died.
While Mizan did not cite the cause of death, Iranians online speculated that coronavirus was the cause.
Rasoul Azizi, the head of Gilan’s police inspection department, also died, local media reported, without citing the cause of death.
Azizi is also believed to have been infected with coronavirus.
Member of parliament Fatemeh Rahbar died due to coronavirus, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.
Hossein Sheikholeslam, Iran’s former ambassador to Syria and former advisor to current Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, died from coronavirus, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on March 5.
Ahmad Toyserkani, an adviser to the head of the judiciary Ebrahim Raisi, died from coronavirus, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported on March 3.
Mohammad Haj Abolghasemi, an official of the Basij Resistance Force – a paramilitary arm of the IRGC – died on March 3, state media reported, without citing the cause of death.
Several users online, however, including a user who says Abolghasemi was the brother of his sister’s husband, said that he died due to coronavirus.
Mohammad Mirmohammadi, a member of Iran’s Expediency Council, died from coronavirus, state media reported on March 2.
Member of parliament Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak died in disputed circumstances on February 29, as officials claimed he died of the “flu” and “chemical injuries” sustained during the war with Iraq but journalists suggested he was another victim of coronavirus.
Reza Pourkhanali, an agriculture ministry official in Gilan province, died from coronavirus, state media reported on February 28.
Hamed Jalali Kashani, a pro-regime activist and an advocate for child marriage, died from coronavirus on February 28, the semi-official YJC news agency reported.
Ahmad Khosravi, another pro-regime activist, also died from coronavirus. News of his death was widely circulated on social media amongst pro-regime users.
Iran’s former ambassador to the Vatican Hadi Khosroshahi died on February 27 from coronavirus, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Khosroshahi was a prominent figure in the Qom seminary and was a representative of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the Ministry of Islamic Guidance after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. After two years, he became the ambassador of the Islamic Republic to the Vatican.