Hadi Ghaffari
Hojatoleslam Hadi Ghaffari (حجت الاسلام هادی غفاری) is a member of the central council of Imam assembly forces and the president of the Al-hadi Institute in Iran. He assassinated the ex-Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveida during the trials by Sadeq Khalkhali on April 7, 1979.[1] He was also in charge of supervising Hezbollah of Iran.[2] [3]
[edit] Hoveida Assassination
On April 7, 1979, Amir-Abbas Hoveida was transported to Qasr Prison. Quickly shuffled back in front of Khalkhali's tribunal, Hoveida heard the court's indictment at three in the afternoon. Behind locked doors, after final efforts at stalling Hoveida's execution ended in failure, the ex-Prime Minister was taken into the prison's yard. Before reaching the area designated for firing squad executions, Hadi Ghaffari from behind pulled out a pistol and shot Hoveida twice in the neck. As Hoveida fell to the ground, a mercy shot was fired off, ending his life.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Abbas Milani, The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution (Mage Publishers, 2000)
- ^ Moin, Khomeini (2000), p.211
- ^ Habib Ladjevardi, Iranian Oral History Project (Harvard University, 2001)[1]
- ^ Ebrahim Yazdi's Interview about Amir Abbas Hoveida
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