Mohammad Javad Tondguyan

Mohammad Javad Bagher Tondguyan (Persian: محمدجواد تندگویان‎; 16 June 1950[1] – 16 December 1991)[2][3] was an Iranian engineer and petroleum minister under Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai from 2 September to 3 November 1980 when he was captured by the Iraqi forces in November 1980 during Iran-Iraq war.

Mohammad Javad Tondguyan
Minister of Petroleum
In office
2 September 1980 – 15 August 1981[Note 1]
Prime MinisterMohammad Ali Rajai
Preceded byAli Akbar Moinfar
Succeeded byMohammad Gharazi
Personal details
Born(1950-06-16)16 June 1950
Tehran, Iran
Died16 December 1991(1991-12-16) (aged 41)[Note 2]
Iraq
Resting placeHafte Tir Mausoleum
NationalityIranian
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)Batoul Borhan Ashkevari
Children4
Alma materPetroleum University of Technology (B.Sc.)
Iran Center for Management Studies (M.Sc.)

Early life and education

Tondguyan was born on 16 June 1950.[4]

He was involved in opposition movement against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1967 and was detained and interrogated by the SAVAK.[4] During this period he met Mohammad Khatami.[4]

Career

Tondguyan worked for various oil companies in Iran until the 1979 revolution. After the revolution, he was appointed deputy science minister.[4] In September 1980, he became oil minister in the cabinet of Mohammad Ali Rajai, replacing Ali Akbar Moinfar in the post.[4]

Captivity and death

Tondguyan was captured by the Iraqi forces on his tour to the fronts on the Abadan road in Khuzestan Province on 3 November 1980 at the initial phase of the Iran-Iraq war which lasted from 1980 to 1988.[5][6][7] His deputy and a ministry official were also captured with him.[8] They were reportedly taken to Baghdad.[9]

In October 1990, the Iraqi officials stated that he committed suicide two years after his captivity.[6] In November 1990, his wife and father denied this report.[5] Tondguyan's body was delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the Iran government in 1991.[7] ICRC reported that he died of torture after eleven years of detention in Iraqi prisons.[7]

Personal life

Tondguyan was married and had four children.[5]

Notes
  1. After Tondguyan's captured, Iranian Government did not announced a replacement for him until one year. At the time of his imprisonment at Iraqi jails, Mohammad Gharazi was the acting minister.
  2. Date and place unclear, not any official death date and place announced by Iraqi government.

References
  1. http://old.irdc.ir/en/calendar/388/default.aspx
  2. http://biographyha.com/4145/زندگینامه-محمد-جواد-تندگویان-عک
  3. http://hamsafarshohada.blog.ir/1394/06/21/شهید%20محمد%20جواد%20تندگویان
  4. "Joint Crisis: Supreme Defense Council of Iran, 1980" (PDF). Harvard Model United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  5. "Former Oil Minister's Family Appeals for His Release" (PDF). Kayhan. 5 November 1991. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  6. "Iraq Claims Captive Iranian Ex-Oil Minister Committed Suicide". Nicosia. Associated Press. 23 October 1990. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  7. "Former minister family seeks compensation from Iraqi national authority". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. Tehran. BBC. 25 December 2003. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  8. Shipp, Randy (6 November 1980). "Red Cross asks for report on Iran official's capture". The Christian Science Monitor. Geneva. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  9. Balderstone, David (4 November 1980). "Free minister, says Iran". The Age. Tehran. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
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