Word: mansur
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...MANSUR...
Last week the Shah held aloof from any official notice that his country was occupied. All that officially happened was that Premier Ali Mansur, to whom the Anglo-Russian ultimatum demanding the Nazis' expulsion had been handed, turned down the ultimatum and ordered resistance. Twenty-four hours later Ali Furanghi was in and the war was off. This week he was arranging peace terms...
...bringing the strength of his efficient little Army up to about 200,000. Vainly he attempted a last-ditch compromise, swore there were fewer than 600 Germans in Iran, indicated he might send them away little by little. But when the British moved, he counter-moved. His Premier Ali Mansur told his Parliament: "We have taken all necessary measures to face this attack...