UPROAR IN MAJLIS

Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26511, 28 August 1951, Page 7

UPROAR IN MAJLIS

Prime Minister Criticised

* ... TEHERAN, August 26. Majlis (the Lower • f the ? er S ian Parliament) oiljalfe with ** endini thd nZ^ e r .i Le ? der R £ the Opposition (Mr P J n e , m 2 .1 r «minded deputies viil H r ‘ M “ssadiq had been given a ' S o ? 1 fldenc § August 22 which a PP r bVed his conduct up to that point, and authorised him to continue the talks. Mr Imami said the Prime. Minister was guilty of a breach of Parliamentary confidence, as the talks had now stopped. Mr Imami called on Dr. Mussadiq, who was not present, to appear before the Majlis and outline a positive policy dustry 6 nation6llSatidn o£ the Oil ihL Nasser Badri, an Opposition d ?S u L y / t ° rh Azerbaijan, took up the attack, but he had Only completed a few sentences in the same veih When Dr. Mussadiq s supporters began to shout him down. The Speaker called for orderj but Government supporters continued the uproar, and many walked out. The Chamber was deprived of a quotum, and the Majlis was forced to adjourn. As the last British oil men frpm the South Persian fields arrived in Abadan to-night, Mr Hussein Maliki, secretarygeneral of the Persian Oil Nationalisation Commission, told a meeting of 20,000 in Abadan's Moslem cemetery not to be afraid of foreign warships. “Should foreigners set fbot on out territory we Shall tear them to shreds, he said. ‘‘lf we have no weapons, then we shall tear them to pieces With our teeth. We are prepared to sacrifice body and soul to preserve our independence.” Mt Makki said that the people of Abadan and Khuzistan must remain calm and not give any opportunity or excuse for foreign interference. He urged the Abadan oil workers to be “vigilant soldiers guarding the oil refineries against sabotage.” The meeting, which commemorated the deaths of 600 Persian soldiers and sailors during the Allied landings at Abadan in 1941, dispersed m good order.