"Iran Is Threatening Us"

Last week the Shah of Iran answered a Moscow charge that a U.S. military mission was building bases in Iran. He called the charge "ridiculous," added: "If Russia has any complaint, it should go to the U.N. and say: 'We are afraid of Iran and Iran is threatening us.' "

At week's end some Russian soldiers moved along Iran's northern border. The Iranians keeping cool said that this movement seemed to be a normal change of garrisons and that there was no sign of a major Soviet troop concentration.

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