Career
He is confirmed to have died in the 2015 Mina disaster which killed at least 2,262 people. On 28 September 2015, an Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman commented on Saudi media reports that said there was no official record that Ghazanfar Asl Roknabadi entered Saudi Arabia. She said the reports were "incorrect" and "hasty", noting the ministry has documents showing that an ordinary Hajj visa had been approved for the deceased diplomat.
Iranian media also release footage on 29 September, showing Roknabadi"s presence in Mina.
The passport that shows his entrance into Saudi Arabia was also released by Iranian media. Roknabadi entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990, and served in the following positions:
Chargé d"affaires and Deputy Ambassador to Syria
Spokesman, Iranian Gaza Reconstruction Committee
President, Committee for the Support of the Islamic Revolution in Palestine
First Secretary, Embassy of Iran, Lebanon
Head of the Middle East and Persian Gulf section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ambassador to Lebanon.