Mr Khoshvaght, the official who had made the death announcement, said Mr Mortazavi had personally pressured him into saying it was caused by a stroke.
The author Salman Rushdie, a friend, paid tribute to him on Twitter after the announcement of his death.
Only after it had ended did the French Ministry of Culture make an official announcement of his death.
Wolves fans chanted Richards' name during their home match against Blackpool last Saturday following the announcement of his death.
Then, rumors of bin Laden's death, confirmed by an announcement from the president, lifted that burden of pain and helplessness.
Wearing caps and T-shirts in Venezuela's colors of yellow, blue and red, many expressed cautious optimism and concern after the announcement of the death.
The announcement of his death on the 24-year annivesary of the 1989 coup that he helped lead sparked suspicion among one of his top allies.
Shortly after the announcement of Gen Younes' death, gunmen entered the grounds of the hotel in the eastern city of Benghazi where Mr Jalil was speaking, reportedly firing into the air before being convinced to leave.
Just hours before the announcement of Chavez's death, relations between the two countries appeared to be souring, as Venezuelan officials said they were expelling two U.S. Embassy officials and accused them of plotting to destabilize the country.
He said the announcement was far from sounding the death knell for onshore wind.
Most of the interviews took place before the announcement of the pope's death, but virtually all respondents were aware of his grave illness.
Donna Glassner, a clerk in a local hardware store, says she was surprised by the celebrations in the capital as the announcement of Bin Laden's death was made.
The announcement comes after public uproar over the death of the man, identified by police as taxi driver Mido Macia.
The announcement came on the heels of the death of the congressman's brother and chief political adviser, Michael, in a Colorado skiing accident, last year.
President Obama stressed in his announcement of Mr. bin Laden's death that the raid was solely a U.S. operation.
Mrs Ashworth, 44, said that, although the award had made her "ecstatically happy", the announcement had brought back the pain of his death too.
The death threats and the burning of the research station came even after a hasty announcement by Ecuador's environment minister, Rodolfo Rendon Blacio, of a 30-tonne increase in the lobster-fishing quota.
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The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the zoo, made the announcement on Sunday and said a necropsy would be performed to determine the cause of death.
The announcement came some four months after the British police passed their original file on the death to the prosecutors, and as some had begun to believe that the case would be left unsolved or swept diplomatically under the carpet.
The announcement came on the eve of a series of events Thursday commemorating the 60th anniversary of the death of Peron, who was Argentina's first lady from 1946 until 1952.
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