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Iran is located in southwest Asia, bordering Armenia, Azerbaijan, and China to the north, Turkey and Iraq to the west, British India and Afghanistan to the east, across the sea to China's southwest border, and the Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the south. 26nbsp;

Where is the west of Iran?That's right, the Middle East Gulf region.The Gulf region of the Middle East is known as the "world's energy pool", with proven oil reserves of 1000 billion tons, accounting for about two-thirds of the world's total oil reserves.Not to mention this period, just Ji Qing's time and space, when the whole world was generally peaceful, Lao Mei fought so many battles for this place, didn't they fight for oil resources!

Now, the Middle East and the southwestern border of China can be said to be very close, but there is no border yet, and the country of Iran is separated in the middle.

Then, in order to obtain oil resources in the Middle East, the Iranian issue must be resolved.

Thus, when Japan occupied Thailand, the Iranian lurkers began their long-established plan.

Let’s talk about the history of Iran, let’s not talk about it far away, starting from the Mongols’ invasion of Iran.

At the beginning of the 11th century, the Seljuk Turks rose from Central Asia, successively conquered Baghdad, Syria, and the Byzantine Empire, and established a Seljuk Empire that stretched from Central Asia in the east to the Bosphorus in the west, including Iran. But the empire soon fell apart. At the end of the 12th century, the Kingdom of Khwarazm (in present-day Uzbekistan) captured the northeastern part of Iran, and at the beginning of the 13th century occupied the entire territory of Iran.The territory it rules also includes Iraq, Afghanistan and other regions.

Genghis Khan led his army to invade the west in 1219, successively conquered Khwarazm, Central Asia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and other places, killed the king of Khwarazm, plundered a large amount of property, and then withdrew to Mongolia. 12) In 1260, Wokuotai, the son of Genghis Khan, attacked Khwarazmo for the second time, and returned to the court after killing the king. In [-], Xu Liegu, the grandson of Genghis Khan, once again led his troops to occupy Iran and established the Ilkhan Dynasty centered on Iran.After that, the Mongols gradually accepted Islam and appointed Iranians as administrative officials.

Back then, the Mongols hadn’t discovered the oil resources under the deserts of the Middle East. Even if they did, they probably wouldn’t be as dazzling as shiny gold.Therefore, the Middle East is abandoned because there is very little grass there.

Later, with the gradual decline of the Ilkhanate, Iran at that time fell into the separatism of the local feudal dynasty.King Timur (reigned from 1336 to 1405) of the Western Chagatai Khanate (in present-day Uzbekistan) conquered the entire territory of Iran from 1380 to 1393 after seizing Central Asia, and then occupied Mesopotamia , and invaded India. After Timur's death in 1405, his empire quickly disintegrated, and his rule was limited to Transoxiana and eastern Iran.

Judging from this period of history, a large area around Iran and Afghanistan was once ruled by ethnic groups from China, or existed as a Chinese vassal state.The reason why it was lost later was due to many reasons, the more important one is that China was in decline, satisfied with the rich land, and did not know how to make progress.

In 1801, Russia annexed Georgia; the three wars between Britain and Iran led to Iran's cession of land and compensation and recognition of the independence of Afghanistan.Since then, France, Austria, and the United States have successively forced Iran to sign unequal treaties. In the second half of the 19th century, Britain and Russia seized the privileges of mining in Iraq, building roads, establishing banks, and training troops. In 1907, Britain and Russia colluded to divide the sphere of influence in Iraq: the north belonged to Russia, the south belonged to Britain, and the central part was the buffer zone.

From the second half of the 19th century to the beginning of the century, with the invasion of European powers, Iran gradually became a semi-colonial country, with social and economic decline, feudal rule was arbitrary and brutal, and people's uprisings occurred many times. In February 1921, military officer Reza Khan Pahlavi launched a coup, seized power and established the Pahlavi Dynasty.

Reza Khan Pahlavi (reigned from 1925 to 1941) took some internal measures to develop social economy, but at the same time implemented personal dictatorship. In 1921, Iraq and the Soviet Union signed an agreement to abolish the unequal treaty signed between Tsarist Russia and Iraq. In 19', Iraq announced the abolition of all unequal treaties signed with foreign countries and the consular jurisdiction of foreign countries in Iraq, and the implementation of customs autonomy.

In this regard, even though Iran is a small country, it is much better than China.China at the same time was in the midst of warlord melee, and unification was just a formality.

In this time and space, the history of Iran has changed. After the Soviet Union was defeated by Ji Qing, Iran directly faced the strong pressure of the rising China.

Subsequently, Iran established diplomatic relations with China and began economic and cultural exchanges.

If it is an ordinary country, then Iran may have been stable.However, who let it occupy the main traffic route leading to the Gulf region of the Middle East? Everyone is innocent and guilty, although it is just a road.

After the Soviet Union lost to Ji Qing, the biggest foreign power in the land of Iran was the British.Naturally, squeezing out the British's influence in Iran is the first task.

These cannot be done by the Chinese, and the locals are more suitable.

As a result, the lurkers with Iranian faces started their operations. After the start of the European War, waves of anti-British activities began, and the impact became greater and greater.

When the British noticed the seriousness of the problem, they no longer had the energy to take care of Iran, because not only the British mainland was being bombed by the Germans, but the British colonies in Southeast Asia and South Asia were also threatened by the Japanese. Getting to their colony is a matter of time.

In this way, the influence of the British was quickly squeezed out of Iran in the movement of the locals.Even the Anglo-Iranian Petroleum Company was taken back by Iran.Although the loss is great, the British are not in the mood to stay here in Iran anymore, because the United Kingdom is now in a precarious situation, whether it is the United Kingdom or abroad.As for what Iran did, the British will slow down in the future, and there will be plenty of time to find it.However, the Briton is doomed never to return to Iran.

At the same time as the anti-British movement in Iran, the operation against Reza Shah Pahlavi was launched.

Of course the old king here is the one who established the Pahlavi Dynasty.He abolished unequal treaties, ended the division of the country, and got rid of British control. He carried out a series of reforms on the ruined Iran, developed agriculture, industry, and economic development, and developed Iran, a feudal and semi-colonial country, into a capitalist country. nation.It can be said that this is a capable man, a strong man, a great man of Iran.

In Ji Qing's time and space, he secretly made friends with Germany in order to deal with the British and French powers.As a result, under the persecution of the British and American powers, he abdicated in 1941, was expelled from the country, and went into exile overseas. He died of illness in June 1944.

Naturally, there will be no more troubles from the Soviets, Britain and the United States in the future, but his crisis is not small, because he is being targeted by Ji Qing.

The land of Iran is so important that it is best to take it directly.However, it is not enough right now. A religious country is really troublesome. At least in terms of blood, it is much more vigorous than the Chinese who have been influenced by Confucianism.Whether it is Afghanistan in Ji Qing's time and space, or Iran, which is not dealing with the United States there, it has proved this point.

Judging from Reza Khan Pahlavi's life, he will never succumb to foreign forces.It will be very difficult for him to completely turn to China in the future, even if he is currently in an equal position with China.

Therefore, although Ji Qing admired this person, including his son, Ji Qing had no choice but to change Iran's leader.

Therefore, when the Japanese were madly attacking Burma, the Iranian Pahlavi dynasty was overthrown by another local force.Very suddenly, all countries, including the British, were amazed by this fact.They never imagined that such a powerful person as Pahlavi in ​​Iran could be overthrown? !You know, not long ago, the British power in Iran was expelled by Pahlavi.Why did such a change suddenly happen? !

The international situation has been in chaos since the beginning of the European War.Therefore, although I was surprised by the sudden change in Iran, countries are only paying attention to it now, after all, it is not a place where the world pays attention.

The new Iranian regime was replaced by an anti-Pahlavi force, whose leader is said to have some relationship with the former royal family.However, this does not matter, what is important is that Iran ushered in a new ruler and also established a kingdom.

After the establishment of the new government, a series of reforms began, one was to improve people's livelihood, and the other was religious reforms.The two sides work together in order to be able to completely twist Iran into one rope, or in other words, completely under the control of the new government.At the same time, Iran has also begun to change. Although it is not clear now, people will find in the future that Iran has completely moved closer to China, or surrendered.

Amid dizzying changes in Iran, Turkey is also in turmoil.

The territory of the Republic of Turkey includes the Anatolian Peninsula in West Asia and the East Thrace region in the Balkan Peninsula. It is a country that straddles Europe and Asia.It borders the Black Sea to the north, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, Syria and Iraq to the southeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, Greece and Bulgaria, and China and Iran to the east.

Turkey's geographical location can be said to be as important as Iran, not only connecting the Middle East world, but also connecting Europe.

Turkey's current territory was determined at the Lausanne Conference in 1923, and Turkey became a republic with Kemal as its first president.The Ottoman sultanate and caliphate were abolished, and Turkey began the process of modernization under the leadership of Kemal.Kemal fundamentally reformed Turkey's political, economic and social systems.He advocated a new idea of ​​national identity, dereligious Turkish society, reduced the dominance of Islam, and replaced the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet for writing Turkish.He also implemented a state-controlled economic development policy that later proved to be far-reaching.In Ji Qing’s time and space, after Kemal’s death in 1938, parliamentary politics and a multi-party system had gradually been established in Turkey, although there were periods of instability and short periods of military rule.

Relatively speaking, Kemal is much happier than Pahlavi.

However, although Kemal is still in power, he has to step down.Just like Iran, Ji Qing's deployment in Turkey has been prepared for a long time, so shortly after Iran's sudden change and regime change, Turkey also had a coup and re-established the kingdom.

In 19, Turkish Petroleum Corporation (Ji Qing was Iraqi Petroleum Corporation at that time) re-determined the shareholding structure: Anglo-Persian Petroleum Corporation, Anglo-Dutch Shell Petroleum Corporation, French Petroleum Corporation, and the Near East Development Corporation representing the interests of American Petroleum Corporation. , Gulbenkin still controls 525. American companies have finally squeezed into the Middle East, representing the United States are five companies: Erso (Standard Oil of New Jersey), Mobil (Standard Oil of New York), Gulf Refining, Atlantic (5c shares) Refining and Pan American Petroleum.

Taking advantage of the flames of war in Europe, the new Turkish government began to expel the influence of Western countries, and also nationalized the Turkish Petroleum Company.There is no need to consider Britain and France, but Americans are more troublesome.Of course, it's just a hassle.Although the United States is now greedy for the oil on this land, it is not so easy for it to send troops.

If countries don't have any interests in Turkey, I'm afraid the Turks themselves will be turned upside down, and Western countries will just watch it as a joke.However, when it comes to interests, especially oil, even France, which is now destroyed, and Britain, which is devastated, are very angry.Turkey, after Iran, was firmly remembered and hated by them.

The United States was also angry and began to condemn Turkey for infringing on the interests of their American companies and expressed strong protest.However, Turkey is very confident, saying that the American company's shareholding in Turkish Petroleum Corporation is not very glorious in itself. As an independent country, Turkey will naturally take back all the rights to oil development.

The United States is also helpless now. On the one hand, the domestic economy has just improved, but it has not returned to its heyday. On the other hand, Europe is fighting again. It is on the Atlantic coast of the United States. How can they not pay attention? On the other hand, Japan is crazy in Southeast Asia The attack, sweeping everything, is very likely to threaten the Philippines, and they also can't feel at ease.Now that Turkey is making trouble again, how can the United States not be depressed and helpless.

Therefore, at present, the United States can only quarrel with the new government of the Kingdom of Turkey first, then discuss with the United Kingdom, and then hold a domestic meeting to study how to solve it in detail.At this time, it's hard to say.

As for the successive changes in Iran and Turkey, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France are not fools, and they have also noticed that it is unusual.And beside these two countries, isn't it China? !Then there is only one possibility, that is, China's influence has infiltrated into Iran and Turkey, subverting the regimes of the two countries.And so quickly, it is estimated that China should have been preparing for a long time.

What is China's purpose? !Of course it is oil. They believe that China is aiming at the oil resources of the two countries and the possible oil resources in the Middle East.Because of Ji Qing's arrival, the United States has not joined the oil exploration in the Arab world until now, so they don't know that there is a huge treasure there.Otherwise, it would not be as calm as it is now.

However, even if they reacted and saw that China had been silent for three years and finally made a move, it was already too late.Because when the Turkish regime changed, the Arab world did not calm down. . .

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