Word: maraghei
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...month ago the Government of Premier Mohamed Said Maraghei, whose middle name means "Fortunate One," was squeezed out of office for refusing to grant Russia oil concessions in Northern Iran. So far the new Government of Premier Morteza Gholi Bayat, whose first name means "Pleasing to God," has not been asked for a concession. But last week, with his consent, the Iranian Parliament lashed Gholi Bayat to the mast and stopped his ears with wax. It passed a bill making it a crime to negotiate oil concessions with a foreign government or company. Penalty for disobeying: three to eight years...
...immediate cause of the trouble. Iran's Premier Mohamed Said Maraghei was being briskly boiled in oil last week, and even the U.S. had been spattered with a few hot drops. The fire was lit by Sergei Kavtaradze, Soviet Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs, who presented Said with a Russian proposal for oil concessions in northern Iran (TIME, Oct. 30). Said said no, but Kavtaradze would not take no for an answer. From Teheran, where he lingered, he denounced the head of Iran's Cabinet. From afar the Russian press echoed his charges that Said was a Russophobe...
Last fortnight Iran's Premier Mohamed Said Maraghei rejected a Russian request for oil rights in northern Iran.* Last week Moscow cracked down on Said...
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