Hossein Sheikholeslam

Hossein Sheikholeslam (Born 1952 in Isfahan) is an Iranian politician and the current advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif. He also was a member of the Seventh Islamic Parliament of Iran. and previously the Iranian ambassador to Syria.
Sheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the International Affairs. Sheikholeslam is one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.

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