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Tobacco regie, a contact between Iran's government and English Major Talbot, was considered as a colonial contract and brought transports of rage among Iranian nation. Soon they began a widespread protest which lasted for more than 300 days. Eventually, by Mirza Shirazi's fatwa Qajar government and British colonialsits withdrew. People and clergies together, in May 14, 1981, repudiated the concession of Tobacco. Naser-al-din was so afraid of the impact of fatwa, and he handed a note to Amin-ol-Sultan: "The domestic concession was repudiated few days ago. And we've done so to foreign concession too and everything is back to the way they used to be. Inform all clergies and people and assure them about that".
News ID: 136    Publish Date : 2020/05/04