Journalist. Born in Iran, Bazoft moved to the United Kingdom and became a reporter for the British newspaper The Observer. While investigating an explosion at an arms factory in Baghdad, Iraq, he was arrested for spying. Despite promises of a fair trial by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Bazoft was given a one-day, behind-closed-doors trial. He was convicted and sentenced to death. On March 15, 1990, he was executed by hanging.
Journalist. Born in Iran, Bazoft moved to the United Kingdom and became a reporter for the British newspaper The Observer. While investigating an explosion at an arms factory in Baghdad, Iraq, he was arrested for spying. Despite promises of a fair trial by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, Bazoft was given a one-day, behind-closed-doors trial. He was convicted and sentenced to death. On March 15, 1990, he was executed by hanging.
Bio by: Erik Lander
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In Memory Of
FARZAD BAZOFT
Observer Journalist
1958 – 1990
Aged 31.
Your Father And Mother
Will Always Be With You.
A Journalist In Iraq
Executed By The Regime.
I Hope The World Will Decide
After I Have Gone What Kind
Of Person I Have Really Been
It Is A Shame To Die Without
The World Having Heard
The Whole Truth.
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