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Married. His Imperial Majesty, Mohamed Reza Pahlevi, 31, Shahinshah (King of Kings) of Iran, and Soraya Esfandiari, 18, Europe-schooled daughter of a chief of the proud Bakhtiari tribe by his German wife; in glittering Marmar Palace, Teheran, Iran. Wearing a Dior silver lamé gown with 6,000 diamonds, the bride rode to the simple ceremony in a gold-trimmed Rolls-Royce. The Shah ordered festivities limited to one day, food distributed to the poor. Among the wedding gifts: a $1,500 crystal bowl from Harry Truman, a mink coat (reported value: $150,000) from Joseph Stalin...
...beginnings of what could be the Iran of tomorrow. Its peasants, though almost as poor as their fellows, look clean and confident. Their houses are spick & span. Farm animals are kept outside. A deep well pump with simple brick filters assures clean drinking water-a rarity. (Even in Teheran, the drinking water runs through filthy gutters.) In Mamazan, Hobbing saw peasants doing voluntary work on a new community project, a bathhouse. He asked them if they minded the extra labor. They pushed back their round caps and looked puzzled. Said one: Why should we? It's for a bath...
...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...
...duties seriously and is a good influence on the Shah. They quarreled a few years ago, then made it up. Princess Ashraf was incensed when she heard that the Shah and Abdor Reza had taken to having lunch and playing billiards together again. No good word is spoken in Teheran of two other brothers...
...able U.S. military man stationed in Teheran estimates that mountainous Iran poses such terrain, communications and logistics problems that Soviet Russia would need 100,000 to 200,000 men to reach and exploit the Iranian oilfields. The stronger the Iranian army, the more soldiers Russia would have to draw from elsewhere, and the higher price it would pay. Improving the basically footslogging Iranian army would require relatively small financial assistance. A greater military gamble in Iran would seem justified...