Hosni

According to Iranian media, the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak died at the age of 87 on Wednesday.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry confirmed the death though his Twitter account, Fars news agency reports.

However there has been further official confirmation neither by other Egyptian officials nor by other media.

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was convicted of embezzlement in May 2014, faces a retrial after the Court of Cassation ruled that legal procedures were not followed properly.

It still remains unclear whether Mubarak will be released from custody, the BBC reports.

An Egyptian court postpones the verdict in the murder retrial of deposed president Hosni Mubarak, citing the reams of evidence

An Egyptian court on Sept. 15 ordered the release on bail of Alaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent activist of the 2011 revolt against former president Hosni Mubarak, a defence lawyer told AFP.

Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian President is to spend three years in jail after a court found him guilty of embezzlement.

Mubarak, 86, was in power before street protests in Egypt during the Arab Spring.