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TEHRAN, Iran--One of Iran's top Moslem leaders, Ayatollah Morteza Motahari, a close associate of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was assassinated as he left a dinner party in Tehran, Iranian officials said yesterday...
...Rising Wind. The best Iran's Gavam could do was to bend with the rising Soviet wind. The increased Tudeh representation in his Cabinet (which includes Dr. Morteza Yaz di, a wealthy Soviet sympathizer) got the posts of Commerce & Industry, Education and Health, but not the key posts of War, Foreign Affairs (Gavam) and Justice. To counter Tudeh agitation the British moved some troops up to Basra, close to the Abadan flashpoint...
...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...
True, the Persian Government made a full apology and ample reparation to the Vice Consul's widow (TIME, Aug. 11, Oct. 13). It even went so far as to execute one Private Morteza; but two culpables had their death sentences commuted...
...preceding the execution of Private Morteza, the Persian Government handed the U. S. Charge dAffaires ad interim, at Teheran, a check...