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Iran in 1941

Historical records for Iran in 1941, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

11Records
4Events
1Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

August

August 1941Invasion of IranPahlavi

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Britain invades Iran to aid supplies to Russia

September

16 September 1941AbdicationPahlavi

House / House of Pahlavi

Abdicates in order to prevent a Russian invasion

16 September 1941AbdicationPahlavi

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Abdicates in order to prevent a Russian invasion

16 September 1941SuccessionPahlavi

Tehran · House / House of Pahlavi

Succeeds as Shah of Iran. Reza Shah is deposed and his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, is installed by an invasion of allied British and Soviet troops

17 September 1941AbdicationPahlavi

Tehran · House / House of Pahlavi

The Allies have occupied Tehran forcing the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son

17 September 1941Capture of TehranPahlavi

Tehran · House / House of Pahlavi

The Allies have occupied Tehran forcing the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son

Other Events

1941AbdicationPahlavi

House / House of Pahlavi

The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran

1941AbdicationPahlavi

House / House of Pahlavi

Abdicates in favour of his son Muhammad Reza Pahlevi

1941AbdicationPahlavi

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran

1941Invasion of IranPahlavi

Warfare / World War, 2nd

The Shah is forced to abdicate after the Russian & British invasion of Iran. Russia & Britain invade Iran, because of its close relations to Germany

1941Invasion of IranPahlavi

Tehran · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Reza Shah is deposed and his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, is installed by an invasion of allied British and Soviet troops

Names involved

Pahlavi

Places involved

Tehran

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.