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Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

1936–1982

Nationality
Iran
Occupation
politician

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Evin Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (Persian: صادق قطب‌زاده, 24 February 1936 – 15 September 1982) was an Iranian politician who served as a close aide of Ayatollah Khomeini during his 1978 exile in France and was foreign minister (30 November 1979 – August 1980) during the Iran hostage crisis following the Iranian Revolution. In 1982, he was executed for allegedly plotting the assassination of Ayatollah Khomeini and the overthrow of the Islamic Republic.

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