The following lists events that happened during 1946 in the Imperial State of Iran.
Incumbents Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prime Minister: Ebrahim Hakimi (until January 28), Ahmad Qavam (starting January 28)
Events January January 19 – The United Nations Security Council took up a formal by Iran against the Soviet Union, for the Soviet occupation of Iranian Azerbaijan.Stephen Ryan, The United Nations and International Politics (Macmillan, 2000), p34 January 22 – A Kurdish nation, the Republic of Mahabad, was proclaimed in the north of Iran by Qazi Muhammad, who became president.David McDowall, A Modern History of the Kurds (I.B. Tauris, 2005), pp244–245 January 26 – Ahmad Qavam was elected by the Majlis of Iran as the new prime minister with a vote of 51."Iran Chooses Premier in 51 to 50 Vote", Salt Lake Tribune, January 27, 1946, p8; Manuucher Farmānfarmaian and Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Blood and Oil: A Prince's Memoir of Iran, from the Shah to the Ayatollah (Random House, 2005), p179
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