These included many of the Shah's former ministers such as former Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveida, head of SAVAK General Nematollah Nassiri.
By January 1980 " at least 582 persons had been executed . " Among those executed was Amir Abbas Hoveida, former Prime Minister of Iran.
He served as the Dean of Faculty of Law and Political Science of Tehran University ( 1971 1974 ) and he acted as the advisor to the Prime Minister of Iran, Amir Abbas Hoveida, between the years 1974-1976.
Zob Ahan-e Esfahan and Iran's first car manufacturer, Iran National ( renamed Iran Khodro after the Iranian revolution ) were parts of a significant move from mainly agriculture-based economy toward industrialization by the pre-revolutionary government of Amir Abbas Hoveida.
The list of the guests included Shah of Iran Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi, then Prime Minister of Iran Amir Abbas Hoveida, cabinet members of Iranian Government, President of Israel Ephraim Katzir, President of South Korea Park Chung-hee, King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej, diplomatic corps and representatives of participating Asian NOCs.