Abbas Amir-Entezam
Abbas Amir-Entezam (18 August 1932 – 12 July 2018) was an Iranian politician and political prisoner. He was the spokesman and deputy prime minister in the Interim Cabinet of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979.
Abbas Amir-Entezam | |
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 Amir-Entezam in 1979 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Iran for Public Relations and Administration | |
| In office 13 February 1979 – August 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
| Succeeded by | Sadeq Tabatabaei |
| Ambassador to Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland | |
| In office August 1979 – 19 December 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1932 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 12 July 2018 (aged 85) Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Freedom Movement of Iran National Front of Iran |
| Spouse(s) | Elaheh Amir-Entezam |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Official website |
In 1981 he was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of spying for the United States. He was "the longest-held political prisoner in the Islamic Republic of Iran".[1] According to Fariba Amini, as of 2006 he had "been in jail for 17 years and in and out of jail for the last ten years, altogether for 27 years."
Amir-Entezam died on 12 July 2018 in Tehran at the age of 85.[2]
Abbas Amir-Entezam Media
Entezam with Bazargan (later forced into retirement), Forouhar (later killed) and Khamenei (later Supreme Leader)
References
- ↑ Burning candle. Honoring Abbas Amir-Entezam on the 25th anniversary of his arrest Iranian, Masoud Kazemzadeh, 21 December 2004
- ↑ عباس امیر انتظام درگذشت (in Persian)