Iran
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...European nations, particularly czarist Russia. Under Fath Ali Shah (1797 1834...intensified the rivalry of Great Britain and Russia for power over the nation. Internally...it. After Iranian recognition of the USSR in a treaty of 1921, the Soviet Union renounced czarist imperialistic policies...failed. Iran signed an agreement with Russia in Feb., 2005, that called for Russia...