ASSASSINATION OF PERSIAN EX-PREMIER
(N.Z.P.A.—REUTER CABLE) (Rec. 9.30). TEHERAN, Nov. 5. Former Persian Premier, Abdul Hussain Hazhir, died to-day from wounds that he received yesterday when he was shot as he was entering a mosque. (Rec. 9.30) TEHERAN, Nov. 6 Persian police were reported to have arrested thirty-one people, including three leading Opposition members of Parliament, in a sweep on th e .suspects following the assassination, yesterday, of the former Premier, Abdul Hussain Hazhir, who was shot by a religious fanatic while going into a city mosque. A State funeral has been ordered. ,
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Grey River Argus, 7 November 1949, Page 5
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