... motor accident at Baku, the Russian oil centre. The belief current in Teheran that shortly before his death the Persian Government asked Moscow to hand him over, but received no reply. A recent unconfirmed report said Pishevari was near the Azerbaijan ...

... MOSCOW'S SHARP NOTE TO PERSIA A second Soviet Note demanding a prompt share in Persian oil has been delivered the Persian Government by the Soviet Ambassador in Teheran. The Soviet Note, couched in severe terms, was in reply to a Persian refusal to sign ...

... the Persian Prime Minister, Tass, the Soviet'news agency, reported from Teheran. The Note alleged a violation by the Persian Government of the Soviet-Persian Agreement on the formation of a Soviet- Persian oil company. ...

... It is estimated that about 15,000 armed partisans are active m Azerbaijan, the northern frontier province, where the Persian Government last year took over from the autonomous 1 rovincial Government. ___ ...