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During his term in office, Iran experienced considerable prosperity, and Hoveida easily led his [[Iran Novin]] (''New Iran'') Party, to victory in the [[1971]] elections. Though he was removed as prime minister in [[1977]], he remained in the government until September [[1978]], serving as Minister of the Imperial Court. |
During his term in office, Iran experienced considerable prosperity, and Hoveida easily led his [[Iran Novin]] (''New Iran'') Party, to victory in the [[1971]] elections. Though he was removed as prime minister in [[1977]], he remained in the government until September [[1978]], serving as Minister of the Imperial Court. |
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The rise of the [[Iranian Revolution]] in Iran prompted [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] to install a military government in November [[1978]]. Hoveida was arrested and detained briefly for alleged irregularities during his term in office. He was in jail when the Revolution of [[1979]] took place. Brought before a [[revolution]]ary show [[Trial (law)|trial]], Hoveida was executed by [[firing squad]] that same year, on orders of the revolutionary judge [[Sadegh Khalkhali|Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali]], infamously known as the ''Hanging Judge''. It was claimed that he was a [[Bahai]] advocate, by his executioners. |
The rise of the [[Iranian Revolution]] in Iran prompted [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] to install a military government in November [[1978]]. Hoveida was arrested and detained briefly for alleged irregularities during his term in office. He was in jail when the Revolution of [[1979]] took place. Brought before a [[revolution]]ary show [[Trial (law)|trial]], Hoveida was executed by [[firing squad]] that same year, on orders of the revolutionary judge [[Sadegh Khalkhali|Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali]], infamously known as the ''Hanging Judge''. It was claimed that he was a [[Bahai]] advocate, by his executioners. According to[[Abbas Milani]] in [[The Persian Sphinx]] Hoveida's corpse was held in Tehran's morge for several months after his execution, before it was secretly released to his immediate family and buried in [[Beheshte Zahra]] cemetery in [[Tehran]] as an unknown deceased [[John Doe]]. |
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Revision as of 00:20, 7 March 2006
Amir Abbas Hoveida (in Persian: امیر عباس هویدا; February 18, 1919–April 7,1979), also spelled Hoveyda, was an Iranian politician. He served as Prime Minister of Iran from January 27, 1965 to August 7, 1977.
Born in Tehran, Hoveida studied overseas in Lebanon, Belgium and France. He received a degree in Political Science from Université Libre de Bruxelles. He then joined the foreign office upon returning to Iran. He was stationed at the embassies in France and West Germany, as well as to the Iranian legation to the United Nations. He returned to Iran in 1958 and joined the Board of Directors of the National Iranian Oil Company.
Hoveida entered the high levels of Iranian politics when he was asked to serve as Finance Minister in the government of Hassan Ali Mansour. Upon Mansour's assassination by Islamist radicals in 1965, Hoveida replaced him as Prime Minister.
During his term in office, Iran experienced considerable prosperity, and Hoveida easily led his Iran Novin (New Iran) Party, to victory in the 1971 elections. Though he was removed as prime minister in 1977, he remained in the government until September 1978, serving as Minister of the Imperial Court.
The rise of the Iranian Revolution in Iran prompted Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to install a military government in November 1978. Hoveida was arrested and detained briefly for alleged irregularities during his term in office. He was in jail when the Revolution of 1979 took place. Brought before a revolutionary show trial, Hoveida was executed by firing squad that same year, on orders of the revolutionary judge Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali, infamously known as the Hanging Judge. It was claimed that he was a Bahai advocate, by his executioners. According toAbbas Milani in The Persian Sphinx Hoveida's corpse was held in Tehran's morge for several months after his execution, before it was secretly released to his immediate family and buried in Beheshte Zahra cemetery in Tehran as an unknown deceased John Doe.
Further reading
The following reference was used for the above writing:
- "Iran in the last 3 Centuries" by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3
- Abbas Milani, The Persian Sphinx: Amir Abbas Hoveyda and the Riddle of the Iranian Revolution, Mage Publishers, 2000, ISBN 0934211612