MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military correspondent...
Iranian territory.An agreement on the deployment of Allied forces in Iran was signed on September 8, 1941 and entered into force the very next day. Reza Shah Pahlavi who refused to put up with the invasion was forced to abdicate and the Shah"s son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, officially replaced his father on the throne. In 1944, Reza Shah Pahlavi died in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Under a bilateral agreement, the U.S.S.R. controlled northern Iran, Caspian ports and the Iranian-Turkish border, while the United Kingdom controlled southern Iran, Persian Gulf ports and the oilfields.
Although Iran was not directly involved in hostilities in 1941, the regional situation remained tense. Pro-German insurrections flared up in neighboring Iraq and Syria, with Berlin supplying artillery, light equipment, aircraft and other weapons to the insurgents.
Strong pro-German moods in Iran and Turkey implied that both countries could ally themselves with the Axis powers
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