Hadi Khosroshahi was Iran 's first ambassador to the Vatican .
Multiple senior Iranian officials have been diagnosed SARS-CoV-2 positive : deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi , Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Masoumeh Ebtekar , Chairman of Parliament 's National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee Mojtaba Zolnour , head of emergency services Pirhossein Kolivand.  Iran 's first ambassador to the Vatican , and Member of Expediency Discernment Council Mohammad Mirmohammadi also died from COVID-19.
2020 coronavirus pandemic in Iran