Shah and Soraya arrive in Moscow

At its seventh-anniversary celebrations, Tudeh leaders condemned Tito’s split with Stalin and reaffirmed their loyalty to the Soviet Union.

An attempt to assassinate Mohammad Reza Shah was followed by the banning of Tudeh and affiliated organizations, driving the Soviet-linked party underground.

A CIA–MI6-backed coup overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh. The ensuing suppression of Tudeh narrowed the Soviet-linked left’s political space and strengthened the Shah’s Western orientation.

Iran and the USSR signed a settlement of border disputes and mutual financial claims from World War II, creating a legal basis for more predictable relations.

Iran deposited its accession instruments for the Baghdad Pact. Western security alignment increased tension with Moscow, which opposed Iran’s participation.

Iran and the USSR signed a treaty on their frontier regime and procedures for investigating and settling border disputes and incidents.

Iran and the USSR agreed on equal shares of frontier river water and power resources and joint studies for irrigation and electricity projects on the Aras and Atrak.

Soviet–Iranian non-aggression talks ended without agreement amid disagreement over Iran’s Baghdad Pact membership and its planned defense agreement with the United States.

Iran signed a cooperation agreement with the United States at Ankara, reinforcing its Western security ties after the failure of Soviet–Iranian talks.

Iran assured the USSR that it would not permit foreign missile bases on Iranian territory or allow Iran to be used for aggression against the Soviet Union.