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Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar delayed plans to present his cabinet to Parliament until Thursday, while a key general reportedly walked out of the cabinet, and government officials were said to have tried to block Bakhtiar ministers from their offices...
...Shah turned to was Shahpour Bakhtiar, 63, an outspoken opponent of the regime and a prominent member of the anti-Shah National Front. He too seemed to have compromised. Denying rumors that this was the first stage of a plan for the Shah to give up all his powers and abdicate the throne, a close confidant of the Shah declared: "There is absolutely no question of the Shah stepping aside or stepping down. His decision is to enforce the constitution...
TEHRAN, Iran--Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi yesterday accepted the advice of Shahpour Bakhtiar, whom he appointed prime minister last week, to "rest and take a vacation" while Bakhtiar tries to form a civilian cabinet to replace the military government and quell the violent protests against the Shah...
...Soviet newspaper Izvestia yesterday charged that the appointment of Bakhtiar as prime minister, regarded by many as a pro-West moderate, was the result of U.S. "political machinations" designed to safeguard American interests in Iran...
...police.* By ordering them into action at Amini's request, instead of allowing his government to be swept into limbo like four others in the past five years, the Shah belatedly demonstrated support for his Premier's far-reaching reform program. The Shah also exiled General Teymour Bakhtiar, a tribal potentate who had been waiting in the wings to replace Amini...