IRANIAN REFORMS
PARLIAMENT SETTING IP COMMISSIONERS The ex-Shah of Iran, whose future is being discussed by the British and Russian Governments, is reported to be still at liis 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 C 5,000.000 in the United Stales and an even greater amount in Britain. Parliament has set lip several commissions to reform laws and practices which a month ago no one would have cared to question. One of these is T 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.—U.P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 23 September 1941, Page 5
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148IRANIAN REFORMS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 23 September 1941, Page 5
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