TEHRAN A pro-reform Majlis (Parliament) deputy from Kangavar constituency in western Kermanshah succumbed to a road accident early Saturday, the Presiding Board of Majlis announced. It said that Hojjatoleslam Qodratollah Nazarinia" passed away instantaneously when his car turned over and fell 40 kilometers from a highway in his home Province of Arak as he was heading back to Tehran. The condition of the road which was slippery at the time of the the fatal accident was blamed.
A funeral service for the deceased will take place on Sunday in front of the "Nation's Chamber".
(IRNA)