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Died. Ahmed Qavam es Sultaneh, 73, wealthy Iranian landowner, four-time Premier of Iran; after long illness; in Teheran. Known as the "old fox"' of Iranian politics, Qavam was labeled alternately a Communist and a rightist, first became Premier in 1921. He returned from retirement in 1942 to win and hold the wartime premiership, led a successful fight to force the Russians out of Iran after World...
...villages of 25,000 people, and sell small farms to the peasants who work the land. But the Shah of Shahs is as insecure and distrustful as all other elements in Persian life. In 1946 he had at his side Iran's best elder statesman, Ahmad Qavam-es-Sultaneh, the Premier who resisted the Russian threat and regained Azerbaijan. The Shah, however, could not stand Qavam's growing popularity and prestige. He dismissed him, and today wily old (75) Qavam sits in his Teheran villa, plotting against his master...
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