... said. We have read with some concern in the Press of recent disturbances in North-West Persia and of a decision by the Persian Government to send troops to deal with those disturbances and report that those troops w’ere turned back by the Soviet authorities ...

... that the Russians had refused to allow them to reinforce their garrison in the north and expressing the fear that the Persian Government might be unable to maintain order. He reiterated that the United States was party to the Teheran Big Three ” agreement ...

... PERSIANS TOLD “RETURN” The Russian military authorities have stopped the battalions of Persian Government troops _ sent from Teheran to restore order in the north Persian province of ‘Azerbaijan at Kazvin, 85 miles north-west, of Teheran, and ordered ...

... authorities to move into the Northern Provinces. Earlier, a high-ranking Persian Army spokesman had stated that the Persian Government had sent an official note of protest to the Soviet Embassy, demanding a free hand to move troops and gendarmes in its ...

... railway towards Teheran, the capital, according to a statement to-night by a high-ranking military spokesman of the Persian Government. All telegraph and telephone communications between Tabriz, chief town of Azerbaijan province, and Teheran have been ...

... House Commons shortly on the Syrian dispute, and may reply to some of the complaints made by General Gaulle. Fall Of Persian Government Teheran, Monday. The Persian (Iran) Government, headed by Dr. Hakirai as Prime Minister, fell to-day. When a confidence ...

... German agents. Some 170 Persians known or suspected to be associates of the Germans were arrested and interned by the Persian Government, at the request of the Allies. The internment of Persians, connected with, or working on, the Iranian State railway ...

... the result of which were communicated to Berlin by the German Legation radio. When Allied troops entered Persia, the Persian Government were asked to arrest the German community in Teheran. The Germans were rounded up and confined in the German Legation ...

... legal justification for declining the Soviet proposal are clearly unfounded. The real reasons for the decisions of the Persian Government are to be found, not in the nature of the present international situation nor in the terms of the Soviet concession ...

... accordance with the law which, passed earlier this month, prohibited the granting of any further oil concessions by any Persian Government to any foreign Government or company, but permitted the sale of oil subject to Parliament’s consent. The question now ...

... foreign oil interests in Persia are hostile to the Soviet Union, this is bound to have influence on the attitude of the Persian Government. For my part, I welcome the demonstrations in Teheran which have led to the resignation of the Premier. This is a healthy ...

... only because it shows a lack of economic cooperation between Eussia and her Western Allies. Eightly or wrongly, the Persian Government had decided not to grant any new oil concessions until the war is over, and applications by the British Shell and American ...