Word: sadegh
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is not stepping down as Foreign Minister, as implied in TIME's interview [Sept. 1]. He is no longer wanted. His criticism of the present regime in Iran is calculated to pave the way for his future, since he knows that the circus is coming to an end. He hopes to secure a place in whatever is to follow...
...harsh criticism of the U.S., Iran's highly visible Foreign Minister, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, has actually been a moderating influence within his country's government. As new Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Raja 'i was busy choosing his Cabinet last week, Ghotbzadeh sent an extraordinary letter to the Majlis (parliament), warning that a trial of the 52 U.S. hostages "would be against the national interest, "and urging a speedy, negotiated resolution of the crisis. Since the Majlis is dominated by fundamentalist Muslims of the Islamic Republic Party, many of whom want to prosecute some of the hostages as spies...
...exchanged gunfire with police as they tried to flee the building. The three gunmen were arrested, and police hauled in two other suspects the following day. A militant Iranian group calling itself the Guards of Islam claimed to have ordered Bakhtiar's execution. Iran's Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, however, denied his government's involvement...
...regime also took steps against "foreign espionage"-and for once this did not refer to the 53 Americans held hostage since November. Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh announced the expulsion of a high-ranking Soviet diplomat accused of spying. He then ordered Moscow to reduce its diplomatic staff in Iran sharply and announced the closing of the Iranian consulate in Leningrad...
With that five-minute trial, Ayatullah Sadegh Khalkhali, Iran's notorious "hanging judge," dispensed summary justice to five more accused drug traffickers. In just six weeks, Khalkhali's firing squads have executed 120 convicted opium and heroin dealers...