From CNN's Ramin Mostaghim in Tehran and Hira Humayun in Atlanta

Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani has died after being infected by the coronavirus, state news agency IRNA said today.

He was a high-ranking clergyman and one of the 88 members of the Assembly of Experts, a key government body of top clergymen which determines Iran’s Supreme Leader.

Golpayegani was hospitalized in Qom on Saturday.

Several political and religious figures have been infected by the coronavirus in Iran. Some have died, including newly-elected female politician Fatemeh Rahbar.

Iran has recorded nearly 14,000 infections and 724 deaths from the coronavirus, according to the World Health Organization.