Iranian state radio said a member of a council that advises Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died after falling ill from the new coronavirus.
The report on Monday said Expediency Council member Mohammad Mirmohammadi had died. He was 71.
His death comes as other top officials have contracted the virus in Iran, which has the highest death toll in the world after China, the epicentre of the outbreak.
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