Ayatollah Hashem Bathayi Golpayegani dead

Iran's coronavirus outbreak Monday killed a member of the clerical body that appoints the supreme leader, state media said, taking the death toll among serving and ex-officials to at least 12.

Ayatollah Hashem Bathayi Golpayegani, who was 78, died two days after testing positive for the COVID-19 disease and being hospitalised, state news agency IRNA reported.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/365359/World/Region/Iran-says-coronavirus-kills-member-of-top-clerical.aspx

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