The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia or the Allied invasion of Iran, was the joint invasion of the officially neutral Imperial State of Iran by the Unit
Soviet tankmen of the 6th Tank Division driving through Tabriz on their T-26, 28 August 1941
Soviet and Indian soldiers meet in late August.
Soviet and British soldiers rendezvous near Qazvin.
British supply convoy with Soviet escorts in Iran, September 1941
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Reza Shah Pahlavi was Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally an army officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
…of Iraq, Azerbaijan SSR, and Turkmen SSR, with fighting beginning on 25 August and ending on 31 August when the Iranian government, under the rule of Reza Shah Pahlavi, formally agreed to surrender, having already agreed to a ceasefire on 30 August. The invasion took place two months after the Axis invasion of the…
Formal portrait, c. 1931
Museum of Reza Shah Pahlavi, the house where he was born, in Alasht
Prince Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma
Reza Pahlavi behind a machine gun