Most of the 139 passengers on the charter flight were women-members of the Axbridge Ladies Guild on a shopping trip to Basel, Switzerland. There were 37 survivors. (10 April 1973)
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Saturday 7th of April 1979 (-) — 42nd Prime Minister of Iran Amir-Abbas Hoveyda is executed by the firing squad. Hoveyda was sentenced to death for "waging war against God" and "spreading corruption on earth". Before reaching the area designated for firing squad executions HojatoleslamHadi Ghaffari pulled out a pistol and shot Hoveyda twice in the neck. He was left on the ground in agony, begging for the executioners to finish him off. Finally his executioners shot him in the head. According to the autopsy report Hoveyda was also beaten shortly before his execution.