Word: ashraf
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...shrewd, 69-year-old Ala was ousted from the court post last April by Mossadegh, resumed his old job after the Shah returned from his brief exile. One result: today, the old, meddling palace camarilla which made and unmade Premiers in backstairs intrigues is gone. Its leaders-Princess Ashraf and the Queen Mother-have not returned to Iran...
Dessert. When the Shah's twin sister Princess Ashraf flew in from Cannes, Ehrman was the only reporter to recognize her in the lobby, bolted over to introduce himself. By then he had been photographed so often with the Shah that the Princess said: "Oh, I recognize you from your pictures." Ehrman got her into a corner for another exclusive chat. Later, when the Shah decided to take 20 newsmen back to Teheran with him, he pointed to Ehrman saying: "The news of the new developments was brought to me by a newspaperman, and from then on, my hours...
...confiscate the $16 million fortune of his principal opponent, ex-Premier Ahmed Qavam (now a fugitive), leaving Qavam's wife & child $160,000. Teheran's airport was crowded with Mossadegh adversaries rushing off for "medical attention" in Europe. Among them: the Shah's twin sister Princess Ashraf, the president of the Majlis, the former army chief of staff...
...Razmara, who had done a bang-up job as army chief of staff. The Majlis resents Razmara, as it resents any kind of effective government. "I have to spend 75% of my time fighting off intrigues," the new Premier said. In spite of the Majlis and the Princess Ashraf, Premier Razmara began getting things done...
...want. Razmara's old army division was merged with the Imperial Guard, and many of Razmara's army friends were shifted out of key posts. Caught between the resentful Majlis and the suspicious Shah, Razmara is still hanging on, still serving his country well. (Princess Ashraf wants his job to go to an old friend of hers, Ali Soheily, now Iranian minister to London...