Regional1941

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

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Iran

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Iran (1941), part of the World War II. United Kingdom, USSR defeated Iran.

Belligerents3

United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Iran

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1939)Soviet Union (interwar)

Conflict graph

PART OFWorld War II

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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