Head of Taleghani Hospital Mohammad Khajavi told IRNA on Saturday that Sotoudeh who had been hospitalized due to an infectious disease passed away last night as a result of a shock.
He was in the ICU ward of the hospital.
Professor Sotoudeh was a distinguished scholar of Iranian languages and ethnic groups. He wrote many books and treatises on the subjects.
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Nowshahr, April 9, IRNA - Iranian prominent Iranologist Manouchehr Sotoudeh passed away at the age of 103 in Noshahr Taleghani Hospital.