Tehran and Azerbaijani representatives reach a compromise

Washington instructed its representative in Moscow to protest Soviet troops remaining in Iran. US involvement added pressure, while Iran pursued its own negotiations and UN appeal.

Hussein Ala submitted Iran’s renewed appeal over Soviet troops and interference. He asked for the dispute to enter the Council’s agenda, defending Iran’s independence and sovereign rights.

Qavam and Soviet ambassador Sadchikov agreed in principle on a joint northern-Iran oil company during the troop-withdrawal crisis. The proposed Soviet-majority arrangement required Majlis approval;...

Resolution 3 deferred proceedings to 6 May and requested reports on Soviet withdrawal. It sought to prevent troops being used to influence negotiations with Iran.

Resolution 5 allowed Iran time to establish whether all Soviet troops had left and requested a full report. Verification was still incomplete in Iran’s preliminary report of 6 May.

Iranian troops entered Tabriz after Pishevari fled to the USSR. Central control returned, followed by reprisals that also harmed people associated with the regional movement.

Iranian authorities executed Qazi Mohammad and two other Mahabad leaders. The aftermath of the Soviet-supported republic remained a painful episode in Kurdish and Iranian political memory.

The Majlis declared the proposed joint Iranian–Soviet oil agreement null and void and barred new foreign oil concessions under the adopted law. Parliamentary rejection asserted control over...

More than 100 leaders and prominent members left Tudeh amid disputes following the Azerbaijan crisis and the failed Soviet oil project.

Tudeh convened its second congress in Tehran and strengthened its Leninist organization after the postwar setbacks.