Word: mullah
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...convinced that it is useless to press an oil agreement on Mossadegh, because he could not keep it if one were made. Unstable old Mossadegh stays in power by being antiforeign; for him to sign an agreement would be to surrender this source of his popularity to evil old Mullah Kashani and the Tudeh Communists. The solution, says this expert, is not to make an oil agreement in hopes of bolstering Iran's government, but first to bolster Iran's government so that it might keep whatever oil agreement it made. Nearest to a stable element in Iran...
Popularity Unsuspected. One who heard the news early was Mullah Ayatullah Kashani, the opportunistic, fanatic religious leader who was still smarting over the spanking Mossadegh gave him last January in Parliament. Quickly Kashani alerted his street toughs. When it became public that the Shah would leave the country, Kashani was ready. A paroxysm of protest seized Teheran. The Kashani-influenced bazaars closed down (always a sign of trouble), and Kashani gangs choked the streets shouting, "Our Shah or death!" Kashani, who is Speaker of the Majlis, dispatched a delegation to urge the Shah to stay...
...Mohammed Mossadegh was shedding or losing his powerful supporters. The first to go was evil old Mullah Kashani, powerful Speaker of the Majlis (Parliament) and boss of a gang of terrorists, who once pledged Mossadegh "my entire efforts." Fed up with Kashani's flirtation with the Communists, Mossadegh broke with him. Next, Mozafar Baghai, leader of the pro-Mossadegh Toilers' Party, got too ambitious, and joined Kashani in the discard...
Then he set out on a round of social calls. He dropped in for a cup of tea with evil old Mullah Kashani, spiritual chief of the fanatic nationalists, co-conspirator with Communists and the man Premier Mossadegh most fears. Kashani embraced the assassin, caressing his beard, and said: "You are a brave son of Islam." The two prayed while the teapot bubbled in the background...
...Mullah Kashani...