Search Details

Word: allahyar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...head of a largely incompetent and corrupt government, obviously could not run the oilfields, wanted British technicians to stay on and do the job for him. Having expropriated the British, the Iranians now childishly blamed the British for not assisting at their own expropriation. Said professorial little Allahyar Saleh, chairman of the parliamentary Nationalization Board: "We hope the foreign employees will not leave their jobs. If they do so, Iran will disclaim responsibility for the disruption of the flow of oil to the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Blowup? | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

| 1 |