POLICY OF IRAN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1941, Page 6

POLICY OF IRAN

TROOPS MOVED TO IRAQ FRONTIER ' OSTENSIBLY FOR PROTECTION OF REFINERIES. JEWISH MERCHANTS SENDING GOODS TO BASRA. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.<58 a.m.) LONDON. August 19. While the .Iran Government is considering the second British and Russian warning against the activities of German agents, Iran troops and tanks are moving towards the south-western frontier with Iraq. The “Daily Mail’s” Teheran correspondent says the official explanation of the movements of the troops is that they are to “afford protection for the Abadan oil refineries, which are a common AngloIran interest.” The military have also taken over control a-t Ahwaz. Jewish merchants, the most sensitive barometer possible of political storms, are shifting goods from the frontier town, of Mohammerah to Basra. The "Daily Herald’s” Teheran correspondent says the Germans in Iran might attempt sabotage if Iran consented to transport war materials to Russia, or might attempt to seize Iran. The Germans are saying that their armies will reach the Caucasus within four weeks. The official Iranian reply is that the Government has learned its Fifth Column lesson and has the activities of every foreigner under control.