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The Execution of Habib Elghanian

08/05/2014 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Execution of Habib Elghanian

The shooting of a prominent Jewish businessman in post-revolution Iran on 9 May 1979

A prominent Jewish businessman was executed in Iran on 9 May 1979. He was just one of hundreds of Iranians killed on the orders of revolutionary courts in a wave of executions.

On 9 May 1979 a prominent businessman was executed in Iran. He was just one of hundreds of Iranians killed on the orders of revolutionary courts which targeted people with links to the former Shah. But the death of Habib Elghanian in particular sent fear through the country's Jewish community. His cousin Fereshteh Victory remembers.

(Photo: Habib Elghanian)

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