Iran crisis of 1946

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The Iran crisis of 1946 was a Cold War–era confrontation in which Soviet-backed separatist movements in northern Iran, including the Azerbaijan People's Government, challenged Tehran’s authority and triggered intense diplomatic pressure that ultimately forced Soviet withdrawal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet–Iranian conflict ⓘ
United Nations Security Council case ⓘ
international crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Azerbaijan crisis of 1946 ⓘ
cause Soviet refusal to withdraw troops from northern Iran after World War II ⓘ
support for separatist movements in Iranian Azerbaijan and Kurdistan ⓘ
conflictWith Imperial State of Iran ⓘ
countryInvolved Iran ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
diplomaticPressureFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
United States ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
followedBy formal end of Allied occupation of Iran ⓘ
hasPart Azerbaijan crisis of 1946 ⓘ
Republic of Mahabad crisis ⓘ
involvedOrganization Azerbaijan People's Government ⓘ
Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (Iran) ⓘ
Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran ⓘ
Republic of Mahabad ⓘ
linked to: Mahabad Republic

Truman administration ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
location Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
Iranian Kurdistan ⓘ
linked to: Kurdistan

northern Iran ⓘ
mainIssue Soviet access to Iranian oil concessions ⓘ
control over Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
opponent Tehran government ⓘ
linked to: Government of Iran
precededBy World War II occupation of Iran ⓘ
primaryTheater Mahabad ⓘ
Tabriz ⓘ
relatedTo Allied occupation of Iran during World War II ⓘ
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran ⓘ
Soviet expansionism ⓘ
Truman Doctrine ⓘ
result Soviet military withdrawal from Iran ⓘ
collapse of the Azerbaijan People's Government ⓘ
collapse of the Republic of Mahabad ⓘ
reassertion of Tehran's authority over Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
strengthening of the central Iranian state ⓘ
significance early example of U.S. containment of Soviet expansion ⓘ
early test of the emerging United Nations system ⓘ
one of the first confrontations of the Cold War ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
triggeredBy Soviet-backed establishment of the Azerbaijan People's Government in Tabriz ⓘ
Soviet-backed establishment of the Republic of Mahabad ⓘ

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Komarî Mehabad → relatedConflict → Iran–Soviet relations crisis after World War II ⓘ
linked to: Iran crisis of 1946
Tudeh Party of Iran → participatedIn → 1946 Azerbaijan crisis ⓘ
linked to: Iran crisis of 1946
Azerbaijan Democratic Party → historicalContext → Iran crisis of 1946 ⓘ