Caspian fisheries agreement creates a joint company

The Soviet envoy clarified that Articles 5 and 6 of the friendship treaty did not apply to verbal or written attacks by Iranian groups or Russian emigrants. Iran sought limits on intervention.

The Majlis authorized exchange of the Soviet-Iranian friendship treaty with reference to the Soviet clarification of 12 December. Parliamentary scrutiny addressed Iran’s sovereignty concerns.

Iran and Soviet Russia signed a postal convention in Moscow. Practical communications agreements broadened the relationship beyond revolutionary declarations and military crises.

Iran and the Soviet Union signed a trade treaty. Commercial diplomacy became part of the relationship as Iran pursued state consolidation and economic dealings with its northern neighbor.

Iran and the USSR signed a guarantee and neutrality treaty. Its protocols preserved the 1921 treaty’s intervention exception, qualifying the promise against introducing troops into the other state.

Iran and the USSR signed a convention recognizing reciprocal navigation rights and exclusive coastal fishing belts. It regulated use of the Caspian without dividing its seabed equally.

A treaty signed in Tehran renewed the framework for commerce and navigation between Iran and the USSR. Economic cooperation continued alongside concerns about foreign influence.

Iran and the USSR signed a new commerce and navigation treaty in Tehran. Caspian shipping provisions shaped relations before wartime occupation transformed the balance of power.

The Soviet government sent a note requesting removal of German agents from Iran. Further Soviet and British demands followed, challenging Iran’s neutrality before the invasion.

Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran despite its declared neutrality. Iran protested the intervention; Soviet authorities invoked security concerns and the 1921 treaty. The invasion placed...