Tag Archive: Iran

After a coup d’état (February 22, 1921), Resa (actually Resa Khan) took power in Tehran with the help of a Cossack brigade. As Minister of War, he subjugated the almost independent rulers in the provinces at the head of newly…
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Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, formerly known as Persia, is a country in the Middle East. Iran borders Pakistan and Afghanistan to the east, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia to the north and Turkey and Iraq to the west….
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