By January 1980 “at least 582 persons had been executed.” Among those executed was Amir Abbas Hoveida, former Prime Minister of homeland.Between January 1980 and June 1981, when Bani-Sadr was impeached, at least 900 executions took place, for everything from drug and sexual offenses to “corruption on earth”, from plotting counter-revolution and spying for Israel to membership in opposition groups.