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A Unique Event in Iran–Soviet Economic Relations: The 1935 Iranian Trade Delegation to the USSR

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

Mary Yoshinari
Mary Yoshinari*
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Department of History, University of Toronto
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Abstract

The Iranian trade delegation’s visit to the USSR in April–May 1935 was an event of global significance, underscored by its extensive coverage in the international press. Marking the culmination of a new turn in the Soviet Union’s policy approaches towards Iran with respect to bilateral economic relations, this event is also considered in view of earlier incidents involving Iranian merchants who had boycotted Soviet trade organizations. Along with these political developments, the perspectives of Iranian government officials on foreign trade and industrialization are analyzed within the context of the increasing expansion, centralization, and bureaucratization of Iran’s national economy during the 1930s.

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Iranian Studies , Volume 49 , Issue 5: Special Issue: Dedicated to Homa Katouzian , September 2016 , pp. 791 - 815
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Copyright © The International Society For Iranian Studies 2016

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