Hamid Sajjadi Hazaveh ( Persian : حمید سجادی هزاوه ; born 21 March 1969) was the Minister of Sport and Youths of Iran , from August 25, 2021 to August 1, 2023. He is also an Iranian retired middle distance and long distance runner. He represented Iran at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics . Sajjadi holds multiple indoor and outdoor national track records for Iran. On February 23, 2023, his helicopter crashed while visiting Baft county. He survived from accident, but his deputy was killed.