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...looked as if Averell Harriman might yet do the incredible and straighten out the Iranian oil mess. He was off to a good start. In twelve days on the job in Teheran, including many hours at Premier Mossadeq's bedside, Special Envoy Harriman got an important concession from the Iranians: they were willing to reopen talks with London about oil nationalization. The terms on which the Iranians would talk were not disclosed, but Harriman felt hopeful enough to transmit the offer to London and recommend an immediate conference...
...started, was now openly skeptical. After the Iranian offer, he went around to see Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemi with a several-day-old irrelevant message about the World Court decision on Iran (TIME, July 16) and complaints against treatment of British personnel in Abadan. Kazemi rushed to tell Mossadeq, who was so upset that he did what he usually does on such occasions: he promptly fainted...
IRAN (pop. 18,381,000): Head of state: SHAH MOHAMED, 31. Premier: MOHAMMED MOSSADEQ. Only large organized political party: the Tudeh (Masses, i.e., Communists). Army: 145,000 men, outdated equipment. Main issue...
...Premier Mossadeq's right-wing National Frontists heckled the Reds and fists began to fly. When the police moved in to protect the Frontists, the Tudeh retaliated with bricks. Four light army tanks rumbled forward; police on trucks and horseback rushed in, flailed the rioters with sabers; there were shots. The Tudeh raised their dead to their shoulders to show them off as martyrs, and fell back. In half an hour, hundreds were wounded, several were killed, and Majlis Square was clear...
Next morning, police and steel-helmeted soldiers bearing fixed bayonets raided Tudeh headquarters, closed down two pro-Communist newspapers, and the government clamped martial law on Teheran. Tudeh leaders vanished. Harriman called on Premier Mohamed Mossadeq, talked for 70 minutes, made plans for a second meeting. For the moment, the Tudeh had been held. Teheran, tensely quiet, waited for the Harriman miracle...