Word: moazzami
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...support. At issue: Who should sit in the speaker's chair of the Majlis? Should it be evil old Mullah Kashani, the incumbent, who would deal with anybody, including the Communists, to get power? Or should it be Premier Mossadegh's choice, a popular lawyer named Abdullah Moazzami...
...stakes were large. Said the pro-Kashani newspaper Oghab-i-Shargh: "The blood of Mossadegh, Moazzami and other enemies of freedom is now legal." The pro-Mossadegh Jebheh Azadi spat back: "Only traitors will vote for Mr. Kashani." And Kashani himself attacked Mossadegh in characteristic terms: "Such men should be hanged by the people...
...election day in the Majlis, police cordoned off the Parliament building, searched spectators for guns and knives. Servants hefted two large bronze vases into the chamber, into either of which deputies dropped their ballots. The result: Moazzami, 41; Kashani...
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