September 28, 1951 — The Associated Press
| The Mossadegh Project | May 7, 2025 |
Newspaper Says Three Iranian Legislators Have Fled Country
By ROBERT B. HEWETT
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 27 — (AP) — The newspaper of the Iraqi National Front Party, Jabhaa Alshapiyah, said Thursday that three members of the House of Representatives of Iran had fled their country in British military vehicles and had
taken refuge in Iraq.
The newspaper did not give the names the reported refugees, but said they had opposed
nationalization of Iran’s oil and were against
the government of Premier Mohammed Mossadegh.
Meanwhile, Iraq’s National United Front Party protested what it called the concentration of British forces in this country for aggressive purposes against Iran.
The party called on the government to clarify its attitude on this matter. It declared that “utilization of Iraq as an aggressive base against Iran is complete defiance against our independence and sovereignty.”
Alternate headlines:
THREE IRANIAN REFUGE IN IRAQ
3 Iranians Flee, Iraq Paper Says
Related links:
Ancient and New Political Weapons | Calgary Herald, Sept. 14, 1951
British Foreign Office Statement on Breakdown of Iran Oil Talks (Aug. 1951)
How Mossadeq Makes Enemies of Our Neighbors (CIA Propaganda, 1953)
MOSSADEGH t-shirts — “If I sit silently, I have sinned”



