State TV: Recalled Iranian diplomat to Yemen dies of COVID
By ISABEL DEBRE
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is reporting that its top diplomat to Yemen has died after contracting the coronavirus. The death of Ambassador Hassan Irloo on Tuesday came after he was recalled from war-torn Yemen for what Iran described as medical treatment. State-run media in Iran said he got infected in Yemen, where a war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and a Saudi-led military coalition has raged for six years. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that Irloo was being removed from his post over growing strains between Iran and the Houthis, who hold Yemen’s capital, Sanaa.
