# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hossein-sheikholeslam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:01:48.816Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hossein-sheikholeslam"
name: "Hossein Sheikholeslam"
slug: "hossein-sheikholeslam"
description: "Hossein Sheikholeslam was an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was 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.\nSheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the International Affairs. \nSheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis."
tagline: "Iranian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hossein_Sheikholeslam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952-12-07"
deathDate: "2020-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.9
  momentum:             6.571428571428571
  historical:           15.95838933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump