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Prime Minister's speech at coronation<br> picture - Amir-Abbas Hoveyda served as the last Shah of Iran's prime minister for some 15 years. With his pipe in his mouth, his cane in his hand and a daily fresh orchidee inserted in the button hole of his lapelle - supplied by his wife Leila - he was an eccentric figure, often thought of as Iran's version of Winston Churchill. His father was a veteran senior diplomat and his mother a Qajar royalty. He was executed after a brief hearing behind close doors by Sadegh Khalkhali, a mullah who was also referred to by many as the "Butcher of Tehran" because of the number of people he had ordered to be executed.
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Amir-Abbas Hoveyda served as the last Shah of Iran's prime minister for some 15 years. With his pipe in his mouth, his cane in his hand and a daily fresh orchidee inserted in the button hole of his lapelle - supplied by his wife Leila - he was an eccentric figure, often thought of as Iran's version of Winston Churchill. His father was a veteran senior diplomat and his mother a Qajar royalty. He was executed after a brief hearing behind close doors by Sadegh Khalkhali, a mullah who was also referred to by many as the "Butcher of Tehran" because of the number of people he had ordered to be executed.
