A PERSIAN LETTER
... TEHERAN, March 22. Mv budget of news-that is, of such news as this country usually affords- is rather various this time. On the evening of Saturday, the 13th inst., the bazaars, shops, and some streets were illuminated, and fireworks to the value of 3,000 tomans (fi,200), I was told, were let off. The next day, Sunday, was the forty- fifth anniversary of the Shah's birthday. At noon a salute ...