Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (born 1943)

Sadeq Tabatabaei was an Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, university professor at the University of Tehran and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1979 to 1980. He was also Deputy Minister of the Interior and oversaw the referendum on establishing an Islamic Republic in March 1979. He was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1982 until 1986.

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 313 days remain until the end of the year.