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The Iran/Azerbaijian Crisis, 1946

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Iranian Azerbaijan

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People's Party of Iran (Tudeh)

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Iran's Tudeh Party

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Bagirov, Mir Dzhafar Abbas

1896- 1956

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Radmanesh, Reza

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Stalin, Joseph

1879- 1953

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Kozlov, I.

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Maslennikov, Ivan I.

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November 2, 1946	Cable Nº 37172/37168 from Tehran Soviet Ambassador to Iran I. V. Sadchikov reports on increased repression of populist organizations, trade unions, and the People's Party of Iran (Tudeh). He requests instructions on how to advise populists who hope to declare a one-day general protest strike.
October 24, 1946	Cable Nº 35907/35893 from Tehran Soviet Ambassador to Iran Sadchikov passes along Iranian General Razmara's requests for weapons and ammunition.
October 19, 1946	Cable Nº 35418 from Tehran Soviet Ambassador to Iran I. V. Sadchikov forwards a letter from Iranian Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam to the Soviet leadership requesting approval for Muzaffar Firuz's appointment as Iranian Ambassador to the Soviet Union.
October 2, 1946	Cable Nº 32951/32947/32970 from Tehran Soviet Ambassador to Iran Sadchikov informs the Soviet leadership that Qavam claims not to be delaying Majlis elections in order to avoid implementing the Soviet Union's oil concession in Iran. Qavam instead insists that elections will be held once there is an acceptable resolution to the Azerbaijani and Qashqai conflicts as well as other conditions necessary to ensure a majority in the Majlis.
October 1, 1946	Cable Nº 19815 from I. Stalin to Cdes. Molotov, Zhdanov, Beria, Mikoyan, and Malenkov Stalin expresses his outrage that Soviet Ambassador to Iran I. V. Sadchikov extended the deadline for the realization of the Soviet Union's oil concession in Iran and insists that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately draft a note demanding that Qavam implement the oil concession agreement.
September 21, 1946	Cable from Tehran Nº 31343/31353 In a cable to the Soviet leadership, Soviet Ambassador to Iran Ivan Sadchikov reports that the Iranian government is requesting bombers and tanks to put down a Qashqai revolt near Shiraz. Sadchikov notes that the Iranian army remains concentrated at the border with Azerbaijan and already possesses bombers and tanks that it has employed against Azerbaijanis. He asks for instructions on how to reply should a formal request be made.
September 5, 1946	Letter, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to Generalissimo Stalin, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, expresses his belief that the talks between Stalin and Princess Ashraf Pahlavi strengthened Iranian-Soviet relations and his gratitude towards Stalin.
July 28, 1946	Letter, Stalin to His Majesty Shah of Iran Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Stalin thanks the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, for his note and assures him that the Soviet Union desires friendly relations with Iran as long as the Iranian government remains friendly to the Soviet Union. He also stresses his support for the Qavam government.
July 28, 1946	Letter, Stalin to Cde. Sadchikov Stalin informs Soviet Ambassador to Iran Ivan Sadchikov of the contents of his meeting with Iranian Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, including his support for Qavam's government. He also instructs Sadchikov to familiarize himself with Stalin's response to the Shah before presenting it to him.
July 26, 1946	Letter, Ashraf Pahlavi to His Excellency Generalissimo Stalin Princess Ashraf Pahlavi thanks Stalin for the warm reception she received in the Soviet Union.