Sadegh Ghotbzadeh | |
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![]() Ghotbzadeh in 1980 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 29 November 1979 – 3 August 1980 | |
President | Abolhassan Banisadr |
Prime Minister | Mohammad-Ali Rajaei |
Preceded by | Abolhassan Banisadr |
Succeeded by | Karim Khodapanahi |
Head of National Radio and Television | |
In office 11 February 1979 – 29 November 1979 | |
Appointed by | Council of the Revolution |
Preceded by | Reza Ghotbi |
Succeeded by | Provisional Council |
Personal details | |
Born | 24 February 1936 Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran |
Died | 16 September 1982 Evin Prison, Tehran, Iran | (aged 46)
Cause of death | Executed by firing squad |
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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.