Anglo-Soviet invasion of persia

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In 1925, after years of civil war, turmoil and foreign intervention, Persia was unified under the rule of Reza Khan, who crowned himself to become Reza Shah that same year. Later, in 1935, he asked foreign delegates to use the term homeland, the historical name of the country, used by its native people, in formal correspondence.

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