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SaadAbad Agreement : It means "Middle East Concord"; It was a non-aggression treaty signed by Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan on July 8, 1937. The charter lasted five years. The charter was signed at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran and was part of an initiative of the Greater Middle East Relations led by King Muhammad Zahir Shah of Afghanistan. Ratifications were exchanged in Tehran on June 25, 1938 and entered into force on the same day. It was registered (deposited) in the League of Nations treaty series on July 19, 1938.
The charter was planned by the United Kingdom. British diplomacy sought to strengthen its influence in the Near and Middle East, and to use this new grouping in its anti-Soviet policies, (((as well as against growing German and Italian interest in the region))). In addition, three of the four signatories to the Charter were involved in joint efforts to combat Kurdish separatism in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. The Kurds in those countries had tried to create an independent state in the name of the Republic of Ararat 1927-1931....
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