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Iran suggests Saudi negligence caused Yemen ambassador's death

Iran said Saudi authorities acted too late in allowing its ambassador in Yemen to return home for treatment, where he allegedly died of COVID-19.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh announced the death of Hassan Irloo, the country's top diplomat to the Yemeni capital. Sanaa is controlled by the Tehran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels.

The ambassador died of COVID-19 according to the spokesman, who described Irloo as a "martyr," as Iranian officials often refer to soldiers who die in combat and selectively for public workers who die while serving in an official capacity. 

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