[4] Khalatbari was appointed secretary general of CENTO in January 1962, replacing Mirza Osman Ali Baig in the post.

[11] Khalatbari was also appointed minister of foreign affairs to the cabinet formed by Jamshid Amouzegar on 7 August 1977.

[12] Khalatbari served in the post until 27 August 1978[13] when Amir Khosrow Afshar was named as the minister of foreign affairs.

[16] Khalatbari and ten other officials of the Shah, including Mansour Rouhani, were executed by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran on 11 April 1979.

[17][18] Shortly before his execution, a written statement of Khalatbari's reports in the court was issued, claiming that the ousted Shah had "personally" killed many people.