Ahmad Salamatian (; born 1941, Isfahan) is a former Iranian politician. He "played a prominent part in the revolution against the Shah", co-founding the Committee for the Defense of Freedom and Human Rights in 1977, and was the campaign manager of Abolhassan Banisadr in the 1980 presidential election.The Christian Science Monitor, 9 December 1980, Iran's militant clergy and moderates move to end bitter rivalry He was deputy minister of foreign affairs in 1979,Harvard Iranian Oral History Project, Salamatian, Ahmad and was elected to the Iranian parliament in February 1980.House October Surprise Task Force, Joint report, p. 166 He had lived in exile in France prior to the 1979 Iranian Revolution (gaining a Master of Advanced Studies in political science from the University of Paris in 1966), and returned there in September 1981 after Banisadr was deposed and assassination attempts were made against him.Dominique Lagarde and Delphine Saubaber, L'Express, 6 August 2009, Ahmad Salamatian: "Les Iraniens aspirent à un islam du possible"Arte, 2 March 2012, Ahmad Salamatian: Iranische Parlamentswahl ist Inszenierung He has written for Le Monde Diplomatique.monde-diplomatique.fr, « Ahmad Salamatian »
Salamatian later said, in response to the release of the film Argo, that he had been one of a number of Iranian officials aware of the 6 US hostages hidden in the Canadian embassy, who had kept quiet for fear of the radical hostage-taking groups.cbc.ca, 19 August 2013, Iran hostage 'Canadian Caper' 1979 rescue no secret to some In 2010 he co-authored a book on Iran's 2009-10 "Green Revolution".
Electoral history Year Election Votes % Rank Result 1980Parliament181,63055.34thWon
Books (with Sara Daniel) Iran : la révolte verte – La fin de l'islam politique ?, Éditions Delavilla, 2010
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