# Hasan Irlu
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{{Short description|Iranian diplomat (1959–2021)}}
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| native_name = حسن ایرلو
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| office = Iranian ambassador to Yemen
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| term_start = 17 October 2020
| term_end = 20 December 2021
| predecessor = Hasan Alizadeh[{{cite web|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/28956/Iran-Yemen-ties-will-strengthen-regional-security-president |title=Iran-Yemen ties will strengthen regional security: president |date=July 14, 2008|access-date=March 18, 2025|work=[Mehr News Agency](/source/Mehr_News_Agency)}}]
| successor = Ali Mohamed Ramadani[{{cite web|url=https://www.saba.ye/en/news3363723.htm |title=Foreign Minister receives new Iranian ambassador to Yemen |date=August 27, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2025|work=[Saba News Agency](/source/Saba_News_Agency)}}]
| birth_date = 1959
| death_date = December 20, 2021
| birth_place = [Ray](/source/Ray%2C_Iran), [Imperial State of Iran](/source/Imperial_State_of_Iran)
| death_place = [Tehran](/source/Tehran), Iran
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| branch = [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps](/source/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps)
| service_years = 1979–2021
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| commands = [Quds Force](/source/Quds_Force)
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'''Hasan Irlu''' ({{langx|fa|حسن ایرلو}}; 1959{{snd}}20 December{{nbsp}}2021) was an Iranian diplomat. He served as the Iranian ambassador to [Houthi-controlled Yemen](/source/Houthi-controlled_Yemen) from 2020 to 2021. He was a former member of the [IRGC](/source/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps)'s [Quds Force](/source/Quds_Force), who became the head of its Yemen operations in [Iran](/source/Iran) at the request of [Qasem Soleimani](/source/Qasem_Soleimani).[{{cite web|url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1205|title=Treasury Sanctions Iran's Envoy in Yemen and University Facilitating Recruitment for Qods Force|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=January 3, 2022|work=United States Department of the Treasury|archive-date=December 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224141755/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1205|url-status=live}}]
==Early life==
Hassan Irlu was born in the city of [Ray](/source/Ray%2C_Iran), in [Tehran Province](/source/Tehran_Province), where he completed his primary studies in [Tehran](/source/Tehran) in the Dolab Gate area, then completed his undergraduate studies at the University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Department of International Relations to obtain a doctorate and start his work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[{{Cite web|url=https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2020/10/17/Iran-posts-ambassador-in-Houthi-held-Yemeni-capital|title=Iran posts ambassador in Houthi-held Yemeni capital|date=October 17, 2020|website=Al Arabiya English|access-date=January 2, 2023|archive-date=May 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512111200/https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2020/10/17/Iran-posts-ambassador-in-Houthi-held-Yemeni-capital|url-status=live}}] On 8 December 2020, the [United States](/source/United_States) placed Hassan Irlu under [terrorism-related sanctions](/source/United_States_government_sanctions) under [Executive Order 13224](/source/Executive_Order_13224).[{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN28I222|title=U.S. blacklists Iranian envoy, possibly to pressure Yemen's Houthis|newspaper=Reuters|date=December 8, 2020|via=www.reuters.com|access-date=January 2, 2023|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102085115/https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN28I222|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}]
==COVID-19 infection and death==
On 21 December 2021, the [Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)) announced that its envoy to the [Houthi](/source/Houthi) militia had died after he returned to the country at the end of last week in poor health after contracting [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19). The ministry said in a statement issued by the [Islamic Republic News Agency](/source/Islamic_Republic_News_Agency) (IRNA), that the Iranian ambassador to the [National Salvation Government](/source/Supreme_Political_Council) in [Yemen](/source/Yemen), Hasan Irlu, died of infection with the [coronavirus](/source/coronavirus), despite medical follow-up. Irlu had been evacuated from Sanaa three days earlier on an [Iraq](/source/Iraq)i [medical evacuation](/source/medical_evacuation) plane. Official Iranian obituaries said that Hasan Irlu was one of the leaders of the resistance and was a courageous leader, describing him as a martyr who was martyred while performing his mission.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iranian-envoy-evacuated-from-yemen-to-iraq/2451199|title=Iranian envoy evacuated from Yemen to Iraq|website=www.aa.com.tr|access-date=January 2, 2023|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102084905/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iranian-envoy-evacuated-from-yemen-to-iraq/2451199|url-status=live}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-led-coalition-yemen-says-it-helped-evacuate-irans-sick-envoy-2021-12-22/|title=Saudi-led coalition in Yemen says it helped evacuate Iran's sick envoy|newspaper=Reuters|date=December 22, 2021|via=www.reuters.com|access-date=January 2, 2023|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102084903/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-led-coalition-yemen-says-it-helped-evacuate-irans-sick-envoy-2021-12-22/|url-status=live|url-access=limited}}] Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for the [Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran](/source/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_Iran), was quoted as describing Irlu as a "martyr" and a "[chemical warfare](/source/chemical_warfare) veteran" of the [Iran-Iraq war](/source/Iran-Iraq_war) and contracted the coronavirus at the embassy and died at dawn after returning in unfavorable conditions.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211221-irans-envoy-to-yemen-hasan-irlu-dies-of-covid/|title=Iran's envoy to Yemen Hasan Irlu dies of covid|date=December 21, 2021|access-date=January 2, 2023|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102084911/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20211221-irans-envoy-to-yemen-hasan-irlu-dies-of-covid/|url-status=live|website=[Middle East Monitor](/source/Middle_East_Monitor)}}] The deputy commander of the IRGC, [Ali Fadavi](/source/Ali_Fadavi), also named him as a "fighter in the resistance front" accused the United States and its allies of delaying Irlu's evacuation from Sanaa. He had been suffering from [respiratory problem](/source/respiratory_problem)s because of his exposure to [chemical weapon](/source/chemical_weapon)s when he was fighting in the Iran-Iraq war.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/202112232065|title=Exclusive: US Confirms Deceased Iran Envoy Is Not Wanted IRGC Operator|website=Iran International|access-date=January 2, 2023|archive-date=January 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102084912/https://www.iranintl.com/en/202112232065|url-status=live}}]
==Attributing him to Abdolreza Shahlai==
[IRNA](/source/IRNA) wrote in a report that it later removed from its website that Irlu was the same individual as [Abdulreza Shahlai](/source/Abdulreza_Shahlai).[{{Cite web|title=Iran Man In Yemen Suspected To Be IRGC General With $15 Million US Reward|url=https://www.iranintl.com/en/20211222004806|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Iran International|language=en|archive-date=December 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223042042/https://www.iranintl.com/en/20211222004806|url-status=live}}] However, the [US State Department](/source/US_State_Department) confirmed that they were two different people and the reward for the arrest of Abdulreza Shahlai still stands.