TEHERAN: Thousands of cheering, yelling Iranians stormed a police guard in front of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s offices in … Teheran today [June 21]. Hundreds broke into the Company’s building and … ripped down a giant neon sign of the AIOC and threw it to yelling crowds below. Meanwhile, the Iranian Government began taking over the Company’s installations in Southern oilfields… .

Premier Mohammad Mossadeq won a vote of confidence in his oil policy from Parliament today. All 91 Parliamentary Deputies present in the Chamber voted for him five hours after he had threatened “show your confidence — or I will not be responsible”. Thousands of Iranians swarmed through the Capital’s streets breaking up Anglo-Iranian Oil Company placards and …daubing new signs on trucks. Crowds roamed the streets carrying anti-British banners and tearing down Oil Company sign-boards. — News agencies

[As reported from Hyderabad,] pleas of the accused were recorded when hearing of the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case was resumed before the Special Tribunal today [June 21]. All the accused pleaded not guilty to the … charges levelled against them.

Published in Dawn, June 22nd, 2026