Anglo-Soviet invasion of persia

[custom_adv]

The British began to accuse homeland of supporting Nazism and being pro-German. Although Reza Shah declared neutrality at an early stage of World War II, homeland assumed greater strategic importance to the British government, which feared that the Abadan Refinery (of the UK-owned Anglo-persiian Oil Company) might fall into German hands; producing eight million tons of oil in 1940, the refinery was a crucial part of the Allied war effort.

Check Also

Photos of art classes 90 years ago in Tehran

[custom_adv] In the mid-1930s, Iran stood at a crossroads between tradition and modernity. The reign …