bodies. His theocratic opponents attacked him and in August 1979 Bazargan "appointed Entezam to become Iran's ambassador to Denmark." Imprisonment In December 1979 Iranian authorities asked Entezam with a letter from foreign minister Sadeq Qotbzadeh (actually a forged letter by Kamal Kharazi deputy foreign minister who was close to clerics and became foreign minister later), who had been serving as ambassador to Sweden, to come back quickly to Tehran. Although the Swedish foreign minister warned Amir-Entezam of the plot against him, he returned to Iran Upon returning to Tehran, he was arrested because of allegations based on some documents retrieved from the U.S. embassy takeover, and imprisoned for a life term. He was released in 1998 but in less than 3 months, he was rearrested because of an interview with Tous daily newspaper, one of the reformist newspapers of the time. In smuggled letters, Entezam related that on three separate occasions, he had been blindfolded and taken to the execution chamber - once being kept "there two full days while the Imam contemplated his death warrant." He spent 555 days in solitary confinement, and in cells so "overcrowded that inmates took turns sleeping on the floor - each person rationed to three hours of sleep every 24 hours." During his imprisonment, Entezam experienced permanent ear damage, developed spinal deformities, and suffered from various skin disorders." Death Entezam died of a heart attack in Tehran on 12 July 2018. He was buried the following day in Behesht e Zahra cemetery, with Ayatollah Montazeri's son leading the funeral prayer. Awards and honors Bruno Kreisky Prize (1998) Jan Karski Award for Moral Courage (2003) See also Human rights in Iran References External links Time: Stalking the Conspirators, Time, 28 July 1980 1932 births 2018 deaths Politicians from Tehran 20th-century Iranian politicians 20th-century Iranian engineers Iranian mechanical engineers University of Tehran alumni UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni Iranian democracy activists National Front (Iran) politicians Spokespersons of the Government of Iran Iranian Vice Ministers Iranian emigrants to France Iranian emigrants to the United States Ambassadors of Iran to Sweden Iranian prisoners and detainees Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in France Heads of political office of the Freedom Movement of Iran Members of the National Council for Peace