Hadi Khosroshahi

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Hadi Khosroshahi
Ayatollah Khomeini
Personal details
Bornc. 1939
COVID-19
NationalityIranian
RelativesMohammad Sadeq Rouhani (father-in-law)

Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi (Persian: سید هادی خسروشاهی; c. 1939 – 27 February 2020) was an Iranian cleric and diplomat who served as Iran's first ambassador to the Vatican.

Career

When he was 15 years old, Khosroshahi joined the leader of militant

Abolhassan Bani Sadr and Iran's last Queen Farah Pahlavi, both living in exile in Paris.[2]

Khosroshahi was a prominent figure in the

Shi'ism in the West. After serving in the Vatican, Khosroshahi was sent to Cairo, where he represented Tehran for two years at the Islamic Republic's Interest Section.[4]

Death

Khosroshahi died from COVID-19 on 27 February 2020, in Iran.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "اخوانی گوشه‌نشین". ایرنا پلاس (in Persian). 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  2. ^ "First Prominent Cleric In Iran Dies Of Coronavirus". Radio Farda. 28 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Iran's former envoy to Vatican Hadi Khosroshahi dies of coronavirus". Al Arabiya English. 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Murió por coronavirus Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi, ex embajador de Irán en el Vaticano". Infobae (in Spanish). 27 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Iran's ex-ambassador to Vatican dies of coronavirus". Middle East Monitor. 27 February 2020.
  6. ^ "First Prominent Cleric In Iran Dies Of Coronavirus". RFE/RL. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-25.