Hussein Sheikholeslam

Hussein Sheikholeslam is a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was also the Iranian ambassador to Syria [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/11/iraq-031101-irna03.htm Kharrazi in Damascus for foreign ministers meet of Iraq neighbors] ] .

Sheikholeslam is one of the "students" (militants) who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis [ [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/11/9965bfb5-1917-4d01-a7b7-19d5de7692cd.html Analysis: Iran Sends Terror-Group Supporters To Arafat's Funeral Procession] ] .

References & notes

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE0DE1F30F935A25753C1A96E948260 Nominees Deny Iranian Report on Hostages] 16 October 1988