... she would rather wait Surrender reported LL Azerbaijan forces have ’ been instructed to lay down their arms and allow Persian Government troops to enter the province according to a cable received by the j Persian Minister of War in Teheran to-day The cable ...

... rubble and weeds TEHERAN ADMITS CLASHES ON BORDER TEHERAN Radio to-day admitted that border clashes have occurred betwen Persian Government troops and Azerbaijans but said the clashes have been enlarged by outside the country opinion” The Persian Premier has ...

... equipped with life-saving appliances in accordance with the statutory rules Persia: There is no reason to suppose that the Persian Government will not carry out adequately their duty to ensure the protection of British interests in Southern Persia following ...

... Azerbaijan province of Persia are asking the Teheran authorities for £350.000 to pay the salaries Azerbaijan officials. No Persian Government decision has yet been announced. Teheran reports to-day say that General Darachshani, former garrison commander of Tabriz ...

... ARRESTS IN PERSIA- AS the Persian Government repeated its assertion that the autonomy movement in Azerbaijan was Russian-inspired, Moscow radio to-day broadcast reports of executions, mass arrests and perquisitions in a town of Northern Persia which, ...

... the part of people of doubtful character” were alleged to-day the Persian Government in a White aper submitted Foreign Embassies. Under the title of “observations £>f the Persian Government on the contents of the memorandum addressed by the Soviet Commissar ...

... drafted and submitted to the Medjlis, the Azerbaijan Government, at the same time recognising the authority of the central Persian Government take all necessary measures which are not opposed to the autonomy of Persian Azerbaijan.” Other points from the programme ...

... situation which arises, ‘lore, one in which tne ' Powers have to define attitude to the Persian foment. % attitude of the Persian ■'Government has clearly . , unfriendly dnough to ®'a for the Soviet leader? such changes in strengthen the separatist mOve- quarrel ...

... state official radio received in Teheran, capital of Persia. started, it is said “Democrats” clashed guards at the The Persian Government and local military authcyities were to-day accused by Moscow radio, quoting Teheran despatches, of persecixting the ...

... The withdrawal was officially announced almost immediately after the disclosure of the of a Russian Note rejecting the Persian Government’s request for Persian troops to be allowed into Russianoccupied Northern Persia. The Russian Note caused sensation in ...

... easing of tension in Teheran, but the crisis is considered only postponed. So far the armed democrats moving against the Persian Government are reported to number no more than 300 men for each group, but the position is complicated by tense feeling between ...

... Persian requests, although in very friendly terms. ~~ Authoritative quarters regard the Note as unsatisfactory, and the Persian Government is believed to be placing the whole issue before the Persian Parliament to- ...