Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
.Teheran SEXES
.Fdtemi, Ex-Aide
0fMossadegh
Most Wanted Foe
Of Shoh Arrested
While in Pojomos
BY the Associated Press

TEHERAN. Iran, Mar. 13.-
HoSsein Fatemi, Trans most
wanted" man since last August,
was captured by police in a
Teheran suburb today and jailed.
Fatemi. fiery nationalist. was
Foreign Minister under Moham-
med Mossadegh until the forces
of the Shah deposed Mossadegh
last fall.
Fatemi. SO, fed into hiding
during the bloody royalist coup
which overthrow the Mossadegh
regime August 10. He first was
reported torn to bits" by an
angry mob. then later was said
to have escaped to Egypt or
Syria.
But Premier Gen. Fazollah
Zahedi. who led the anti-Mos-
sadegh coup has said all along
he believed Fatemi was hiding
somewhere in Teheran.
Shah Backer Seeks His Life.
Soon after Fatemi was brought
to police headquarters an ardent
Shah hacker tried to wrest him
away and kill him.
Black bearded ex wrestler
Shaban Jafari Stalked through
the buildings main lol ny toward
the corridor where q emi was
being held. Three G ! .rs with
bayonets leveled, : lis huge
belly stopped him The door
leading to the corr Pound
ing his chest. Jafall uawled:
In the name of .lph, hand
this man to me 80 that I can
break him into little pit ,cs. Long
live the Shah. Down with Mos
sadegh and his followers"
The police were adamant and
Jafari stamped out.
MOssadegh's Chief Aide.
Fatemi was No. aide to Mos
sadegh in pushing through
Trans naturalization bill, which
seized this country's rich Pc
troleum industry from the Brit
lsh. His former boss already is
serving a 3-year solitary con-.
finement sentence on charges of
treason.
Fatemi was captured by Mai
All Akhbar Molevi. attached to
the staff of Teheran's military
governor. The prisoner was
hustled of to the Office of the
governor. Teimour Bakhtiar. in
the center Of the capital.
Molevi told a reporter Fatemi-
like Mossadegh a few days after
the revolution-was in pajamas
when he was arrested.
Has Grown Full Beard.
IT got to the house about
8 a.m.." Molevi said. "Fatemi.
who had grown a full jet black
beard. came to the door in
pajamaS and a violet dressing
gown"
Molevi said he ordered
Fatemi-who during his last
three days of Mossadegh's rule
bitterly denounced Shah Moham-
med Reza Pahlevi in public
speeches and in his newspaper
Bakhtar Ernrooz to shout,
Long live the Shah"
Molevi said Fatemi, shivering
in his pajamas in the crisp
morning air. complied.
Molevi then piled Fatemi and
the former minister's chauffeur,
who had been Loyalty at his side
since his fall from power, into
a car. Taking circuitous route
to the headquarters of Bakhtiar,
Molevi told Fatemi. Have a good
look at your city. 1t may be the
last time you get the chance"
Woman's Garb Described.
Molevi said Fatemi had been
living in two rooms in the house
in which he was arrested.
Other sources said he had UNI
til recently been moving from
place to place in a shroud-like
woman's garb. which hid
all OF his body but one eye.
A few hours after Fatemi's
arrest his nephew. Sayid Fatemi,
walked into Bakhtiar's head
quarters and gave himself up.
According to one official, both
the Fatemis had been together
since the revolution.