Six months ago, General Fazlollah Zahedi, Iran’s new Premier, emerged from hiding into Teheran’s riotous streets to begin a race. He had exactly $45 million worth of time—a gift from the U.S ...

His father, General Fazlollah Zahedi, was the soldier who took over as Premier of Iran to restore order after weepy Mohammed Mossadegh’s fall (the general is now Iran’s roving ambassador to ...