REFORM IN IRAN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 September 1941, Page 5

REFORM IN IRAN

FUTURE OF THE EX=SHAH UNDER REVIEW

MEASURES TO RECOVER LOOT. EXTORTED FROM HIS PEOPLE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, September 21. The ex-Shali of Iran, whose future is being dismissed by the British and Russian Governments, is reported to be still at his palace in Isfahan, in central Iran.

The Iranian Government has sent envoys to the ex-Shah to obtain his agreement to the restoration of the vast wealth he extorted from the people. He is reported to have £5,000,000 in the United States and an even greater amount in Britain. Parliament has set up several commissions to reform laws and practices which a month ago no one would have dared to question. One of these is in connection with State monopolies which in the past strangled commercial initiative for the benefit of the exShah.

Another point on which public opinion is set is that Parliament, after many years of subservience, shall have the supreme voice in the government of the country.

ALLIED FORCES

ENCAMPED OUTSIDE TEHERAN.

COMMANDERS ENTER CITY FOR CONFERENCE.

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright)

LONDON, September 22.

A communique from Simla states that Allied forces, in accordance with plan, remain in camp outside Teheran. Only the commanders of the two forces entered the city, and that was for a conference. When the conference concluded they left again.