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Iranian revolutionary figure

For politician who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran, see Mohammad-Sadegh Tabatabaei.

Sadeq Tabatabaei (Persian: صادق طباطبایی‎; 25 March^{[citation needed]} 1943 – 21 February 2015) was an Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, university professor at the University of Tehran and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1979 to 1980.

He was also Deputy Minister of the Interior and oversaw the referendum on establishing an Islamic Republic in March 1979. He was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1982 until 1986.

Early life and family

Tabatabaei was born on 12 December 1943^{[citation needed]} in the city of Qom.

He was the son of Ayatollah Mohammad-Bagher Tabatabaei and nephew of Musa al-Sadr.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} His sister, Fatemeh was married to Ahmad Khomeini, son of Ruhollah Khomeini, thereby making him the uncle of Hassan Khom