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The Convergence of Powers: Iran and the Allies During WWII

The landscape of the Rolling Plains near Casvi was once a silent witness to a remarkable convergence of two world powers during World War II. As a column of Soviet T-26 tanks advanced briskly, crests of a ridge revealed the presence of infantrymen. However, these were not Iranian soldiers. Rather, they were the combined forces of two nations—Soviet and British soldiers—once arch-rivals, now allies in the face of common threats.