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
Iran crisis of 1946
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The Iran crisis of 1946, also known as the Azerbaijan crisis in Iranian sources, was one of the first crises during the aftermath of World War II, sparked by the refusal of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Unio
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
…On that date the British began to withdraw, while the Soviet Union delayed until May, initially citing "threats to Soviet security", followed by the Iran crisis of 1946. The invasion, code named Operation Countenance, was largely unopposed by the numerically and technologically outmatched Iranian forces. The multi-pronged…
Iranian postage stamp commemorating the fourth anniversary of the liberation of Azerbaijan
1945 Soviet consulate stamp inside a passport from 1945 during the occupation.
Military parade in Tehran in celebration of Azerbaijan capitulation, December 15, 1946
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi 1973