A climbing team that chanced upon the body of the Malaysian on Friday while descending the peak, reported the case to the Red Crescent Department of the city of Amol in the northern province of Mazandaran which quickly dispatched a rescue team to the region.

However, due to fast approaching darkness, the rescue team was unable to locate the body on Friday but found the body of the climber on Saturday and brought it down from a 4,300-metre height, IRNA reported.

The body will be handed over to officials from the Malaysian embassy in Tehran later today.

A 12-member group of Malaysian climbers were ascending Iran’s highest peak last November when ten among them decided to return at the height of 5,200 metres after encountering bad weather conditions and heavy snowfall.

Two others, who insisted on continuing the climb, later were reported missing.

The body of one of the missing climbers was found following five days of intensive search operations that eventually was called off due to dire weather conditions.