On this day in 1921, Iranian Prime Minister Zia'eddin Tabatabaee formally revoked Iran’s 1919 agreement with the government of Britain. According to the Anglo-Persian Agreement, Iran would guarantee the British access to Iranian oil fields, and in return, Britain would provide munitions and equipment for a British-trained army, two million sterling loan for Iranian reforms, survey and build railroads in Iran, and revise the custom tariff between the two nations. This agreement was one of the reasons behind the coup d’état of 1920, which resulted in the coming to power of Zia'eddin Tabatabaee and Reza Khan, and ultimately led to the downfall of the Qajar Dynasty.
0 Comments
|
Archives
August 2015
Categories
All
|