United Nations Security Council Resolution 5 was adopted on 8 May 1946. The
Council
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...
deferred further proceedings surrounding the
Iranian crisis until
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
submitted a complete report on the subject.
Resolution 5 passed with ten votes to none. The
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
was absent.
[United Nations Security Council. (1946). The Iranian Question (Resolution No. 5). Retrieved fro]
UN Official Documents
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Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
The Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, also known as the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia, was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941. The two powers announced that they w ...
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Azerbaijan People's Government
The Azerbaijan People's Government (; ) was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946. Like the unrecognized Republic of Mahabad, it was a puppet state of the Soviet Union. Established i ...
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Republic of Mahabad
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2 was adopted unanimously on 30 January 1946. The Council urged Iran and the Soviet Union to resolve the crisis caused by the Soviet occupation of Iranian territory.
Background
Soviet presence in Ira ...
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 3
United Nations Security Council Resolution 3 was adopted on 4 April 1946. The Council acknowledged that Soviet troops occupying Iran were not removed in accordance with the Tri-partite Treaty of 29 January. Further proceedings surrounding the Ira ...
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List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Iran
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