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
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
Republic of Mahabad
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The Republic of Mahabad, also referred to as the Republic of Kurdistan, was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran, from 22 January to 15 December 1946. The Republ
Iran crisis of 1946
…the Allied joint occupation of Iran. Instead, pro-Soviet Iranians proclaimed the separatist Azerbaijan People's Government and the Kurdish separatist Republic of Mahabad. The United States pressure on the Soviet Union to withdraw is the earliest evidence of success with what would become the new strategy of the Truman…
Qazi Muhammad
Qazi Muhammed establishing the Republic of Mahabad