Habib Elghanian
Male, Deceased Person
1909 – 1979
Who was Habib Elghanian?
Habib Elghanian was a prominent Iranian Jewish businessman and philanthropist who served as the president of the Tehran Jewish Society and acted as the symbolic head of the Iranian Jewish community in the 1970s.
He was sentenced to death by an Islamic revolutionary tribunal shortly after the Islamic revolution for charges including "corruption", "contacts with Israel and Zionism", and "friendship with the enemies of God", and was executed. He was the first Jew and businessman to be executed by the Islamic government. His execution caused fear amongst the Jewish community and caused many to leave Iran.
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