Northern Eurasia 1946: Iran Crisis
16 May 1946
16 May 1946
Soviet Superpower
1816–1914 Late Tsarist Russia
1914–1918 The Great War and the Revolution
1918–1921 The Russian Civil War: The White Phase
1921–1927 The Russian Civil War: The Green Phase
1927–1941 The Soviet Union under Stalin
1941–1943 The Great Patriotic War: Germany Invades
1943–1945 The Great Patriotic War: Germany at Bay
1945–1991 Soviet Superpower
1991–pres Successors of the Soviet Union
Iran Crisis
16 May 1946 Iran Crisis
24 Jun 1948 Berlin Blockade
8 Oct 1949 NATO and the Two Germanys
25 Jan 1951 Korean War
21 Sep 1955 Warsaw Pact
26 Jun 1963 Height of the Cold War
17 Nov 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict
24 May 1985 Soviet War in Afghanistan
23 Dec 1989 Glasnost
25 Feb 1991 End of the Warsaw Pact
19 Aug 1991 Soviet Coup Attempt
During the Second World War, Britain and the Soviet Union had occupied Iran. With the war over, the United States demanded that the Russians withdraw. Under pressure from the newly formed United Nations, Stalin finally backed down, but tried to retain influence by forcing Iran to agree to oil concessions and to accept Soviet backed Azerbaijani and Kurdish regimes in the north. However, the Iranian government revoked these deals as soon as the Soviet troops left.
