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Events on Thursday 15 March 1990 1
1990Iraq executes journalist Farzad BazoftBritish-based reporter hanged as alleged spyIraq executed Iranian-born British journalist Farzad Bazoft on 15 March 1990 after convicting him of spying. Bazoft had been reporting for the Observer on an explosion at an Iraqi military site. His execution drew international condemnation and worsened Iraq's relations with Britain ahead of the Gulf War.