Evening star., 1946-01-20
'Iraniians Appeal
10 UN0 Against
RedInterference
Direct Negotiations
With Russio FoiIed,
Letter Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 19.-Iran ap-
pealed directly tonight to the
UNO Security Council to investi-
gate interference of the Soviet
Union, through the medium of
their officials and armed forces,
in the internal affairs of Iran,"
and announced that direct nego-
tlatlons with Russia had failed.
The announcement presented a
thorny test to the 11-memAer coun-
Gil on which five major nations, in
cluding Russia. have veto power.
The council, to which armed forces
eventually will be assigned to main
tain peace, was organized formally
only last Thursday.
The Iranian. delegation presented
letter to Acting Secretary General
Gladwyn Jebb, stating that sit
uation has arisen which may lead
to international friction" and add
ing that repeated attempts of the
Iranian government to negotiate
with the Soviet Union had met
with no success"
Accordingly" the letter said,
"the Iranian delegation to the Gen.
eral Assembly of the United Nations,
on behalf of the Iranian govern
ment, have the honor to request to
you, in accordance with the terms
of article 35 Cd of the charter, to
bring the matter to the attention of
the Security Council so that the
council may investigate the situa-
tion and recommend appropriate
terms of settlement"
Demand By Syria, Lebanon.
The letter said the delegation
would assist the council by supply
ing full statement of facts. It
was signed by Seyed Hassan Taquiz-
adeh, Trans Ambassador to Britain
and chief of the delegation.
Trans broadside came in the wake
of demand by Syria and Lebanon
that British and French troops
evacuate their soil Immediately as
an essential to the restoration of
the independence of the Levantine
states.
! The Security Council was sched-
uled to meet Monday or Tuesday
after the assembly, cutting through
normal procedures, sent along the
major-power proposal for creation
OF an atomic agency commission.
I Today's assembly session cleared the
UNO decks of oratory, so that COM
missions could get down to work
next week on major problems
Trans grievance grew out of the
proclamation by an insurgent group
OF an autonomous government of
Azerbaijan in that province of
1 Northwest Iran. Earlier, Iranian
Government troops sent to queu the
uprising there had been halted by
Soviet troops occupying the area.
Soviet Voting Opposed.
The Iranian question is delicate
one for the Council. Should the
Council be compelled to make a de-
cision which was critical of the
Soviet Union, the unity among the
Big Three nations-Russia, the
4 United States and Britain-might be
upset at the outset.
On the other hand, should the
Council rule against Iran, the faith
OF little nations in the organization
might be shaken.
The Council would have one other
course of action-to arrive at no de-
cision, at least for a long time. But
this, it is said, would almost GER
tainly damage its prestige.
Some delegates, in earlier discus
sions of possible Iranian COM
plant, expressed opinion that Rus
sia, armed with it's veto power,
should refrain on voting on any
recommendation the Council might
make in the dispute. The United
Nations Charter says decision of
the Council requires seven votes, in
cluding all of the five major nations
on anything but procedural matters,
but some delegates have voiced the
opinion that discussion of any SUBJ
ject which might lead to a disrup-
| Sec TTN0 pace AE1