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...vote was a setback for Kashani, but the power of the aged little fanatic has always been in the streets, rather than the Majlis. And though Mossadegh had won one more parliamentary triumph, his power is steadily being undermined by 1) the unpopularity of his attempt to oust the Shah, win control of the army and set up an unopposed dictatorship; 2) his failure to break the British blockade and sell crude oil to the outside world; 3) the attrition of the currency (the rial was 118 to the dollar last week, against 74 a year ago, 47 two years...
...Sudden evidence of his unexpected popularity made the Shah change his mind about a "vacation...
...impartially, an attitude so exceptional in Iran that it seemed somehow vindictive. Four months ago Mohammed Mossadegh, his great-uncle by marriage, appointed Mahmoud chief of the National Police. He was reportedly slated to head up the army too, as soon as Mossadegh pried it loose from the Shah. Mahmoud was going places...
...solution, says this expert, is not to make an oil agreement in hopes of bolstering Iran's government, but first to bolster Iran's government so that it might keep whatever oil agreement it made. Nearest to a stable element in Iran's government is the Shah, this expert believes: if helped by the U.S., the Shah might be transformed from the weak ruler he now seems...
...power battle between Mossadegh and the Shah. In fact, the Shah meticulously tried to stay out of it. "I haven't done anything against the Premier," he complained. This week, as the din subsided, the man in charge was still canny old Mohammed Mossadegh...