Hossein Sheikholeslam, an advisor to Iran’s foreign minister, died from the coronavirus late on Thursday. Sheikholeslam was one of the students involved in the 1979 US embassy hostage crisis. Iran is one of the countries hardest hit by the Covid-19 virus, which has infected 3513 people so far. Out of the at least 107 killed, 6 have been politicians or government officials.