Iran has been battling rising cases of the coronavirus (Covid-19)
Hossein Sheikholeslam, Iran's former ambassador to Syria, died of COVID-19 on Thursday, official IRNA news agency reported. Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced on Thursday that the number of dead from the Novel Coronavirus rose to 107, up from 92 on Wednesday. The total number of confirmed cases of infection increased to 3,513, up from 2,922, Xinhua news agency reported.
