Iran

Tehran

Non-Aligned, Despotic

Neutral

Iran is a medium country in the Middle East. Iran is bordered to the west by Iraq and Turkey, to the north by the Soviet Union and to the east by Afghanistan and British Raj. In 1936, Iran starts as a minor Non-Aligned nation with a small industry, a small army and 2 research slots.

Historical background[edit | edit source]

During World War I, there was an invasion by the Russian Empire ( Soviet Union) who were supported by the United Kingdom as well as by their old rivals the Ottomans ( Turkey) who were supported by the German Reich.

After the October Revolution, the Soviet Union tried to establish a puppet government in northern Iran, similar to Mongolia and Sinkiang like the "Soviet Republic of Gilan" or after WWII the "Azerbaijan People's Government" and the "Republic of Mahabad". In 1921 there was a reaction to the growing influence of the coup with the support of the UK, which eventually led to the change to the Pahlavi Dynasty.

Although Iran declared itself neutral at the beginning of the war, there was sympathy for the Axis powers, but because of its strategic importance after the beginning of the war between the Soviet Union and Germany, the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran occurred in 1941.

Technology[edit | edit source]

Iran starts with 2 research slots.

Army technology	Naval technology	Air technology	Electronics & Industry
Infantry Eq. I Towed Artillery I	None	Interwar Fighter Close Air Support I	None
Doctrines
None	None	None

Cosmetic names[edit | edit source]

Iran has unique cosmetic names for its equipment, listed here.

Infantry tech
Type	1918	1936	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944
Infantry Equipment	Mauser 98	vz.24		ZB vz.30			PPSh-41

Politics[edit | edit source]

Iran, in 1936 is a non-aligned nation with no elections.

Iran, has the following political parties:

Political party	Ideology	Popularity	Party leader	Country name	Is ruling?
Democratic	Democratic	0%	Generic	Republic of Iran	No
Tudeh Party	Communist	0%	Soleyman Mirza Eskandari	Iranian Communist Authority	No
Fascist	Fascist	0%	Generic	New Persian Empire	No
Pahlavi Dynasty	Non-Aligned	100%	Reza Shah Pahlavi	Iran	Yes

Staff[edit | edit source]

Political advisors
Advisor	Type	Requirements	Cost
Ali Zohayli	Captain of Industry Civilian factory construction speed: +10% Infrastructure construction speed: +10% Railway construction speed: +10% Refinery construction speed: +10%	–	150 pp
Mahmud Jam	Silent Workhorse Political power gain: +15%	–	150 pp
Ali Khan Mansour	Quartermaster General Air base construction speed: +15% Naval base construction speed: +15% Rocket site construction speed: +15% Radar station construction speed: +15% Nuclear reactor construction speed: +15%	–	150 pp
Ahmad Matin-Daftary	Communist Revolutionary Daily communism support: +0.10	Is not a Supervised State.	150 pp
Mohammed Ali Foroughi	Democratic Reformer Daily democracy support: +0.10	Is not a Supervised State.	150 pp
Ahmad Matin-Daftary	Fascist Demagogue Daily fascism support: +0.10	Is not a Supervised State.	150 pp

Theorists
Designer	Type	Effect	Cost
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	Military Theorist	Land Doctrine Research Time: -7.0% Army Experience Gain: +0.05	150 pp
Hossein Afkhami	Naval Theorist	Naval Doctrine Research Time: -7.0% Naval Experience Gain: +0.05	150 pp
Ali Akbar Deiva	Air Warfare Theorist	Air Doctrine Research Time: -7.0% Air Experience Gain: +0.05	150 pp

Economy[edit | edit source]

Iran starts with a small economy, with only 5 factories and no resources except oil. Iran's economy is focused on civilian industry and has a civilian factory to a military factory / dockyard ratio of 4:1.

Laws[edit | edit source]

Conscription Law	Economy Law	Trade Law
Volunteer Only 1.5% Recruitable population	Civilian Economy 35% Consumer Goods factories –30% Factory construction speed +30% Factory (type) conversion cost –40% Fuel gain per oil –25% Fuel capacity	Export Focus 50% Resources to market +5% Research speed +10% Factory/Dockyard output +10% Construction speed +20% Civilian intelligence to others +10% Navy intelligence to others

Industry and resources[edit | edit source]

Resources
	Type	No.
	Aluminium	None
	Chromium	None
	Oil	68
	Rubber	None
	Steel	None
	Tungsten	None

Industry
	Type	No.
	Civilian factory	4
	Military factory	1
	Naval dockyard	None

Industry: Iran starts with a small industry, however it can gain up to 5 civilian factories from trade.

Resources: Iran doesn't have any resources except oil, which allows the country to gain up to 5 civilian factories from trade to develop its economy.

Military[edit | edit source]

Iran has 18k manpower in its armed forces consisting of 3 divisions and 2.4k manpower in its air force, which consists of 120 planes.

Army
	Type	No.
	Infantry	2
	Cavalry	1
	Total divisions	3

Navy
	Type	No.
	Convoy	10
	Total ships	10

Air force
	Type	No.
	Close air support	48
	Fighter	72
	Total planes	120

Army: The Iranian army consists of 3 divisions, the Persian Cossack Brigade (Cavalry), the Imperial Gendarmerie (Infantry) and the South Persia Rifles (Infantry).

Navy: Iran doesn't start with any naval technologies and doesn't have a navy, and just has 10 convoys.

Air force: Iran has a good airforce, consisting of 48 CAS I and 72 Interwar Fighters.

Strategies and guides[edit | edit source]

The below is one of many player suggested strategies for Iran. Bear in mind, due to the dynamic nature of the game, it may unfold differently for other players.

As Iran the first thing you want to do is begin justifying on Iraq so you can get more resources for when you reform the Persian Empire. Once you take out Iraq you can turn your focus onto Afganistan and take them over too. Now from here on out you will need to declare war on France and Britain so prepare your forces on the borders of their colonies and attack them. You will need Syria, Jordan, and Pakistan in order to do this. After you've preferably peaced out the European Powers you can go and invade Turkey. They shouldn't pose much of a threat to you at this point as your army should be large. Once you've taken Turkey you can take Greece if you feel like it but now you've basically reformed the Persian Empire! You are probably a great power by now so taking over the world should be easy from here.

If you don't feel lucky and want to play it safe, the best option will be to become communist and join the Soviet Union as soon as possible, since you share borders with it, enjoying its protection will guarantee your survival, if you have time, try to take Iraq for it's manpower and resources once you have joined the Comintern, it will be easier with Soviet help, still try to take Afghanistan if you still have time, make sure you help as much as possible in the soviet wars to get military experience and improve your units, at the same time focus on the navy so you can defend the Persian gulf and fortify the border with the British Raj since the UK has approaches to declare war on Iran and will most likely call the Raj to war since they share a border .

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