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category: "Political Figure"
tags:
  - Person
summary: "Algerian Foreign Minister who attempted to broker an accord with Iran over the American hostage crisis in 1980."
born: 1937-03-02
died: 2021-09-17
location: "Oujda, Morocco"
---

[[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]] was an [[Algeria|Algerian]] Foreign Minister and a well-respected diplomat. He met with various [[Iran|Iranian]] leaders, including [[Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini]], in April 1980 to discuss the [[United States|American]] hostage crisis. However, he failed to broker an accord because he was unable to guarantee arms sales to [[Iran]].[^1]

### Footnotes
[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. Sheridan Square Press, 1992 (TrineDay reprint, 2015).