TEHERAN: Britain protested to the Iranian Government today [June 9] against Teheran Radio broadcasts directed at Britain and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, a usually reliable source said... . Sir Francis Shepherd, the British Ambassador, who visited Iran’s Prime Minister Mossadeq to make the protest, complained against the use of such phrases as “company vampires” used in recent broadcast speeches by prominent politicians and commentators… . Premier Mossadeq told Sir Francis he would investigate the matter and asked him to submit a list of speeches to which exception was taken.

[Meanwhile, the Delhi correspondent rep­orts that,] The fabulously rich Nizam, now politically exhausted, has proposed that his precious jewels — rubies, diamonds, and sap­phi[re]s — handed down to him by his illustrious forefathers be sent to America for sale, for none in Bharat could … buy them. The jewels will fetch him about Rs 16 crores. One of his jewels — the Jacob diamond — has not yet been priced. It weighs more than the fam­ous Kohinoor, which adorn[s] the British crown.

The Nizam has already sold jewellery worth Rs 30 lakh, mostly gold ornaments studded with stones. He is now selling some rare silver.

Published in Dawn, June 10th, 2026