the iranian crisis (mar 1, 1946 – may 1, 1946)
Description:
british and soviets had occupied iran and agreed to leave by 2 march to prevent a possible pact between iran and germanysoviets however took sought to improve the aspirations of non iranians there
azerbaijani communists were claiming themselved to be liberators in the soviet state
soviets did not leave by stipulated time
they left in may 1946 after american backed appeals from the un
ussr:
soviet imperalism was justified as the because of the alleged danger of baku oilfields
was also justified as british were refusing to withdraw troops from greece and were occupying europe with more troops than permitted by the anglo egyptian treaty
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Date:
mar 1, 1946
may 1, 1946
~ 2 months