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It was discovered by Anglo-Persian Oil Company in 1938 and developed by National Iranian Oil Company. [1] It began production in 1940 and produces oil. The total proven reserves of the Aghajari oil field are around 30 billion barrels (3758×10 6 tonnes), and production is centered on 170,000 barrels per day (27,000 m 3 /d). [2]
Shahr-e Sukhteh (Persian: شهر سوخته, meaning "Burnt City"), c. 3550–2300 BC, [1] also spelled as Shahr-e Sūkhté and Shahr-i Sōkhta, is an archaeological site of a sizable Bronze Age urban settlement, associated with the Helmand culture.
Another turning point came when oil was discovered, first in Persia (1908) and later in Saudi Arabia (1938) as well as the other Persian Gulf states, Libya, and Algeria. The Middle East, it turned out, possessed the world's largest easily untapped reserves of crude oil , the most important commodity in the 20th century.
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran: Three Soviet armies began invasion of Iran from the north, while British army invades Khuzestan and Central Iran. 1945: November: The Soviet Union established the Azerbaijan People's Government in Iranian Azerbaijan. 1946: 22 January: The Soviet-backed Kurdish Republic of Mahabad declared its independence from ...
The Fifty-Three were a group of 53 Iranians arrested for involvement in communist political activities in 1937 [1] and brought to trial in November 1938 in the most sensational of the political trials held during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi. [2] Some, such as Taqi Arani, died in jail - the rest were released in 1941. [3] The fifty-five were:
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The Trans-Iranian Railway in 1938. After the substantial interruption of World War I, the project for constructing a standard-gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) railway across Iran was initiated by Reza Shah Pahlavi as part of numerous reforms contributing to the drastic modernization of Iran that occurred over the two decades between World War I and World War II.
1938 was a common year ... May 23 – No evidence of German troop movements against Czechoslovakia is found, ... Empress of Iran; October 15 – Fela Kuti, ...