Contemporary era · 1945 – 1946
Iran crisis of 1946
The Iran crisis of 1946, also known as the Azerbaijan crisis (Persian: غائلهٔ آذربایجان, romanized: Qā'ele-ye Āzarbāyejān) 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 Union to relinquish occupied Iranian territory despite repeated assurances.
- When
- 1945 – 1946
- Where
- Iran
- Era
- Contemporary
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