Coll 28/120 ‘Persia. Ahwaz – Consular diaries.’ [‎215r] (430/669)

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night the X6th a IT, s* road patrol found four oo’v.e-.'.
or* the road five mi lee north of And line ohk 0 "’hr t:^*:
fired mi but Inf fared no canualtieno h'o pro ..‘oeen hn
made -•..•1th fiming the be responsible for the ; ttac^ on
car (nee para'll of '.Diary No. 11), though another
been 'brought to Ahwa kj nlTi d confronted, with the driver.
Yusnuf has been let out of prison for five days in oi-
trace the culprits. It appears that Ai'flerican mill tar-
stationed in Ahwasg* with whom Yussu f ha.h str.i.OiC up a
ship, have interceded for him, and he has been given
ahange to justify himself.
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(SS). The Chief of Police has received a circular from
Tehran warning him against possible trouble between Moslems and
BahaiSo He has replied that he does not antic!fate trouble 9
but he recomKiends the removal of Abdullah Hafi* I, Acting
Director #f Posts and Telegraphs, who is head of the small
Bahai coiscrmity (some 500 souls) in .(Jiwaz. Although described
by the Chief of Police as a fanatical Bahai, Rafi , i is n»t kntwn
over to have committed the least provocative act against the
peace; and unless the police have information unknown to this
office, it is regrettable that he should be moved on account
#f his religious beliefs^
(S3). The twe long awaited inspectors from the Ministry of
Justice, fadeqian and Wakili, arrived in Ahwaz on the 8th 0
In Addition, Dadgah, a Tehrani lawyer, who was sent down by
18th Indian Division to report on the Kazeruni and Fatend, oases,
has spent an industrious week among the dossiers of trie Courts;
it is thought that he is intent on dealing not only with’ these
two cases, but with the whole smuggling racket throughout
Kfcuzistan and beyond* This is, of course, very much to our
advantage* He has returned to Tehran to report, and seems: well
pleased with the results of his labourso He paid he had reason ■
to believe that a portion of the dossier of hazeruni had been
removed; one suspects that had Mr♦Naroghipur been in Ahwaz to
watch these activities in the Courts, he might have tu -oc a
little blue * Both he and Falsafi have departed, ur^up-’; (ant
certainly un^liriven) ; the new Senior Public Prosecutor is
Mo 7 avenzadeh, an Azerbaijani who has up to now be n doing-
steady work «n prosecutions in connection with the anti-huard-
ing laws - , while the Junior Public Prosecutor is Ittemad, who
was previously President of the Primary Court * Both these
appointments - are thought to be only temporary* It is anti
cipated that both officials will co-operate with us*
(24) * Reference para 2t «f Diary No* 10* Those defendants
in the Fathi (not Fateh) case who are I*s*R* employees have been
taken to Tehran to appear before the Government employees 1
Court there; when they have been dealt with, the dossier will
return, to Ahwaz, and Fa.thi will be tried* In the meantime
.Fathi still languishes in jail*
(25) * • Reference para 22 of Diary No* 11 „ Both the-Fatemi
and Kazerani cases have again been postponed* In spite of
elisrts to obtain his release Kazeruni is still in jail* The
Governor-General has written to me from Tehran asking for
assistance in getting the Persian Government bo confirm in
writing his action in re-imprisoning Kazeruni at
If he does not get this, he says, he is liable t<
and prosecuted at any time in the future - a fate which
according to the Tehran press, already overtaken
of Hamadan*
GUI-
request*
be
cirrested
wh
ich has.
the
Governor