Abbas Amir-Entezam
Abbas Amir-Entezam (Persian: عباس امیرانتظام, 18 August 1932 – 12 July 2018) was an Iranian politician who served as deputy prime minister in the Interim Cabinet of Mehdi Bazargan in 1979. In 1981 he was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of spying for the U.S., a charge critics suggest was a cover for retaliation against his early opposition to theocratic government in Iran. He was "the longest-held political prisoner in the Islamic Republic of Iran". According to Fariba Amini, as of 2006, he had "been in jail for 17 years." In July 2018, he died while serving his life sentence, serving more than 38 years as a political prisoner.
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 | Elaheh Amir-Entezam |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | Official website |
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