Sadegh Ghotbzadeh

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Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (third from left) during Friday prayers under the direction of Grand Ayatollah Taleghani

Sadegh Ghotbzadeh ( Persian صادق قطب‌زاده, DMG Ṣādeq Qoṭbzāde ; * 1936 ; † September 15, 1982 ) was Iranian Foreign Minister from November 28, 1979 to August 1980 .

politics

Already during the exile of Khomeini in France , whose entry Ghotbzadeh, who was living in France at the time, made possible, he belonged to the closest advisory group of the Revolutionary Council and is said to have been involved in the drafting of the Iranian constitution. After the revolutionary leader returned, Khomeini appointed him head of Iran's state-run radio and television (NIRT). As the successor of Banisadr , he became Foreign Minister of Iran on November 28, 1979 and led the negotiations on the hostage situation in Tehran , the solution of which was largely carried out by Mohammad Beheschti's Islamic Republican Partywas influenced. According to his statements, Ghotbzadeh refused the hostage-taking.

Ghotbzadeh (1982)

In the conflict between Ayatollah Khomeini and Grand Ayatollah Shariatmadari , who accused Khomeini of heresy and crimes , Ghotbzadeh , who was close to Mossadegh's ideals, took a position that did not conform to the system. On April 4, 1982, he was arrested and tried on this alleged conspiracy.

On April 20, 1982, in front of the television cameras, Ghotbzadeh confessed that he had planned a reshuffle of the government with the help of the army and allegedly the elimination of Khomeini. Shariat-Madari had known about it. Shariat-Madari, the Grand Ayatollah who held the religious position over Khomeini and the only remaining competitor for power, was then placed under house arrest.

Ghotbzadeh was on 15 September 1982 executed .

literature

  • Hans-Peter Drögemüller: Iranian diary. 5 years of revolution . Hamburg 1983, ISBN 3-922611-51-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nytimes.com
  2. ^ Carole Jerome: The Man in the Mirror - A True Inside Story of Revolution, Love and Treachery in Iran . London 1987
personal data
SURNAME Ghotbzadeh, Sadegh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian Foreign Minister
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1982