One Of Iran's Vice President Has Been Diagnosed With The Coronavirus

Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoumeh Ebtekar delivers a speech during the opening session of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. Stephane Mahe/Reuters

Daily Mail: Iran's former ambassador to the Vatican has DIED from coronavirus and the nation's most senior female politician and spokeswoman for 1979 hostage-takers catches the disease

* Iranian spokeswoman for the 1979 hostage crisis is diagnosed with coronavirus
* Masoumeh Ebtekar, who is also a vice president, has reportedly been infected
* She was pictured near President Hassan Rouhani during Iranian cabinet meeting
* It also emerged today Iran's former ambassador to the Vatican died of the virus

An Iranian vice president who was a spokeswoman for the 1979 hostage-takers has been infected with the new coronavirus.

Masoumeh Ebtekar was said to have contracted the infection this week, according to local media.

She was seen sitting near President Hassan Rouhani during a meeting of Iranian cabinet members yesterday. Ebtekar's case was said to be mild and she has not been admitted to hospital.

Her diagnosis comes as it emerged today that Iran's former ambassador to the Vatican, Hadi Khosroshahi, died of coronavirus.

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WNU Editor: Will others in the Iranian government become infected? She was present in a cabinet meeting that included President Hassan Rouhani yesterday.

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