Security Arrests In Persia
(Rec. 10 p.m.) TEHERAN, May 20. Army security forces last night arrested five former supporters of the former Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammed Mussadiq, and charged them with antiGovernment Activities.
The arrested men include a former speaker of the Majlis (Parliament) and two former Ministers who had been living in retirement since Dr. Mussadiq was overthrown In 1953. Dr. Mussadiq, who nationalised the Persian oil industry, is now serving a three-year sentence of solitary confinement for treason.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27664, 21 May 1955, Page 7
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