from Iraq's president Jalal Talabani. In May 2018, Iraq's Parliament speaker Salim al-Jabouri, requested a pardon for Sultan al-Tai alleging medical reasons. He then was transferred from the prison in Nasiriyah to a prison in Baghdad. Death Sultan al-Tai died on 19 July 2020 from a heart attack in the Nasiriyah Central Prison. References External links Guardian website From Ally to Adversary Ex-Saddam defense minister set to be executed 1945 births 2020 deaths People from Mosul Tulfah family Iraqi generals Iraqi soldiers Genocide perpetrators Iraqi people convicted of crimes against humanity Iraqi prisoners sentenced to death Prisoners sentenced to death by Iraq Government ministers of Iraq Governors of Nineveh Governorate Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region politicians Iraqi military personnel of the Iran–Iraq War Iraqi mass murderers Prisoners who died in Iraqi detention Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards Iraq War prisoners of war Iraqi prisoners of war