1946 in Iran

Incumbents

• Shah: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
• Prime Minister: Ebrahim Hakimi, Ahmad Qavam

  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.
• January 22 – A Kurdish nation, the Republic of Mahabad, was proclaimed in the north of Iran by Qazi Muhammad, who became President.
• January 26 – Ahmad Qavam was elected by the Majlis of Iran as the new Prime Minister with a vote of 51.