Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Acting · Born Feb 24, 1936 · Died Sep 15, 1982 (46)
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (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.
