Iran crisis of 1946

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Soviet–Iranian conflict United Nations Security Council case international crisis

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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Surface form	Occurrences
Iran–Soviet relations crisis after World War II	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet–Iranian conflict ⓘ United Nations Security Council case ⓘ international crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Azerbaijan crisis of 1946 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
diplomaticPressureFrom	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
followedBy	formal end of Allied occupation of Iran ⓘ
hasPart	Azerbaijan crisis of 1946 NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Mahabad crisis ⓘ
involvedOrganization	Azerbaijan People's Government NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Party of Azerbaijan (Iran) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Mahabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Truman administration NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Iranian Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian Kurdistan NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Iran ⓘ
mainIssue	Soviet access to Iranian oil concessions ⓘ control over Iranian Azerbaijan ⓘ
opponent	Tehran government NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	World War II occupation of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheater	Mahabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Allied occupation of Iran during World War II ⓘ Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet expansionism ⓘ Truman Doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
triggeredBy	Soviet-backed establishment of the Azerbaijan People's Government in Tabriz ⓘ Soviet-backed establishment of the Republic of Mahabad ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Azerbaijan People's Government → significantEvent → Iran crisis of 1946 ⓘ

Komarî Mehabad → relatedConflict → Iran crisis of 1946 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iran–Soviet relations crisis after World War II