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2022-01-25 21:30
Iranian archaeologist Reza Mostofifard dies at 88
TEHRAN – Emeritus Iranian professor and archaeologist Reza Mostofifard, who joined plenty of excavations including a notable one in Marlik, northern Iran, died of natural causes in Tehran early on Tuesday. He was 88.
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2021-08-25 19:25
Prolific anthropologist Asghar Karimi dies at 81
TEHRAN – Prolific Iranian anthropologist, researcher, and translator Asghar Karimi died at a Tehran hospital on Monday. He was 81.
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2021-05-04 21:00
Iranian archaeologist Ahmad Kabiri Hendi dies at 76
TEHRAN – The Iranian archaeologist and architectural conservator Ahmad Kabiri Hendi, who joined plenty of archaeological explorations in his motherland, died in a Tehran hospital on Sunday. He was 76.
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2021-04-24 01:14
French archaeologist Pierre Amiet, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 98
TEHRAN – French archaeologist Pierre Amiet, who joined several excavations in Iran, has died at the age of 98, ILNA reported on Friday.
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2021-04-20 17:02
Chad President Idriss Deby has died: Army spokesman
Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
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2021-01-06 22:36
Hamidinava, architect of Sari’s clock tower, dies aged 90
TEHRAN - Mohammad-Ali Hamidinava, a traditional Iranian architect who constructed a landmark clock tower in Sari, has died. He was 90.
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2020-12-22 20:49
German archaeologist Wolfram Kleiss, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 90
TEHRAN – German archaeologist Wolfram Kleiss, who directed plenty of accomplished archaeological explorations in Iran during the 1970s and 1980s, has recently died aged 90.
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2020-11-16 11:10
Syria’s veteran foreign minister Walid al-Muallem dies
Syria's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Walid al-Muallem has died at the age of 79.
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2020-11-11 13:01
Bahrain’s long-serving PM dies
Bahrain’s long-serving Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died, the state media reported. He was 84.
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2020-11-10 13:03
Saeb Erekat, longtime negotiator for Palestinians, dies at 65
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat passed away due to complications from the novel corona-virus at the age of 65 on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
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2020-09-02 20:26
French archaeologist Geneviève Dollfus, famed for extensive Iranian studies, dies at 82
TEHRAN - French archaeologist Geneviève Dollfus, who conducted extensive excavations in southwest Iran, has died aged 82.
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2020-06-28 21:31
Scottish archaeologist David Stronach, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 89
TEHRAN – Scottish archaeologist David Stronach, who was director of the British Institute of Persian Studies in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s, has died aged 89.
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2019-09-06 14:11
Ex-Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe dies aged 95
Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account.
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2019-06-17 22:35
Former Egyptian president, dies in court
Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy, who was the country's first democratically elected leader, has died, according to Egyptian state media.
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2019-04-17 23:14
By Mitra Taj and Marco Aquino
Peru's ex-president Garcia dies after shooting himself to avoid arrest
Peru's former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, hours after shooting himself in the head to avoid arrest in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday.