Word: zahedi
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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This was no military coup, but a spontaneous popular uprising; individual soldiers joined, but not a single army unit came in. Not until 4 p.m., when an air force general appeared before General Zahedi's hideout with a tank, did Zahedi emerge and take command of a field already won. The General-Premier and his officers were as surprised by the victory as the people themselves. The army had planned to counterattack Mossadegh on Friday; the people beat them to it by two days...
...memories of a regime which had stood Iran and the Western world on its ear for more than two years. But, even in his last hours of power, Mohammed Mossadegh cost the nation dear: 300 died that day. Dressed in silk pajamas, Mossadegh surrendered 24 hours later to General Zahedi, was temporarily imprisoned in the luxurious Teheran Officers' Club and then carted off to a common jail cell...
...than ever, without having lifted a finger. Though his flight had reflected his panic, it also served to precipitate the crisis and thereby, in the end, had proved beneficial. For the people had shown more faith in him and in the throne he occupied than he himself suspected. Premier Zahedi and the entire frock-coated diplomatic corps were at the airport to greet...
...Twice in his life he has been police chief of Teheran (pop. 1,000,000), a job which attests to his courage and his capacity for intrigue. During World War II, when the British and the Russians jointly occupied Iran and deposed the present Shah's father, Zahedi commanded the Isfahan military district in the South. The British got wind that Zahedi was masterminding...
GENERAL Fazlollah Zahedi, who succeeds Mossadegh, is an ambitious nationalist and a tough soldier. He is no reformer, like Egypt's Naguib or Syria's Shishekly. Now 56, he has a hard, rocklike face, topped by straight, greying hair; he stands tall and straight despite severe arthritis...