Word: amuzegar
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...that clearly involved the royal family, by the jet-setting Western ways of Iran's new rich, by the Shah's apparent contempt for the faith to which most of his people belonged. Beyond that, the mullahs were infuriated early last year when the then Premier, Jamshid Amuzegar, canceled the $80 million annual subsidy that they had formerly received from the Palace to spend on mosques, scholarships and travel. In addition, in an effort to curb inflation, Amuzegar imposed price controls, and this angered the influential bazaar people...
...past year Premier Jamshid Amuzegar had made a valiant effort to restore the country's economy. He cut inflation from 31% to 8%, cracked down on wealthy tax dodgers, purged the civil service of crooks and incompetents. But the reforms came far too late, and the rioting only grew worse. Early last week the Shah replaced Amuzegar with Jaafar Sharif-Emami, 67, a former Premier who is himself known as a devout Muslim. The Shah's charge to his new Premier: mollify the mullahs...
...stable through any period of succession. (Crown Prince Reza, who becomes 18 this year, is next in line to rule.) Last August, faced with discontent over the skyrocketing cost of living and government-ordered power cutbacks that caused several hundred million dollars in industrial losses, the Shah named Jamshid Amuzegar, 54, the country's tough oil and energy negotiator, as Premier. Amuzegar took swift action against inflation (down from 31% last August to 15% today). He also curbed public spending and real estate speculation, decentralized government offices and acted to bring down the cost of housing. Claiming that subversive...
...doves, led in Vienna by Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani. He was joined, surprisingly, by the delegation from Algeria, previously a hard-liner on oil prices. On the hawk side, a bloc including Libya and Iraq lined up behind Iran's Interior Minister Jamshid Amuzegar to demand initially a boost of 20% or more. Personally, no love is lost between Amuzegar and Yamani, and the arguments became sulfurous. At one point, Yamani stormed out of the closed meeting. He then caught a plane for London; he returned late the next morning, delaying the session...
...also surprisingly small. Among them are Premier Hoveida, 54, a dapper man who has held his job nine years; Hushang Ansary, 46, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance; Amir Assadullah Alam, 55, who acts as the sovereign's right hand as minister of the court; and Jamshid Amuzegar, 51, who until recently served as the Shah's voice and goad at OPEC meetings. Amuzegar last April was shifted to Interior Minister, partly so that he might help ensure more honest elections than have been held in the past. "Even the dead voted," the Shah told TIME, recalling those...