27 February: Iran's Ministry of Health reported 126 more new confirmed cases and 7 new deaths.[34] Iran's Vice President of Iran for Women and Family Affairs, Masoumeh Ebtekar, was diagnosed with COVID-19, as well as the Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Affairs Committee, Mojtaba Zolnour.[2][35][36] Iran's First Ambassador to the Vatican, Hadi Khosroshahi, died from COVID-19 infection in Qom.[15]