Iran’s Envoy to Yemen Achieves Martyrdom
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Tuesday that Irloo achieved martyrdom due to COVID-19.
Khatibzadeh said that Irloo, who had sustained injuries in chemical attacks during the Iraqi-imposed war in the 1980s, contracted COVID-19 during his mission in Yemen.
He added that the envoy’s return to Iran faced delays due to belated cooperation from certain countries.
He therefore arrived in Iran with his health in a critical condition, the spokesman said, adding that Irloo was martyred early this morning despite medical treatments and efforts to help him recover.
Irloo had begun his diplomatic mission to Yemen in November 2020, in defiance of the anger of United States and some regional states at the two countries’ developing relations.
