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{{quotebox-float|“Germany was our age-old and natural ally, Love of Germany was synonymous with love for Iran. The sound of German officers’ footsteps was heard on the shores of the Nile. [[Swastika]] flags were flying from the outskirts of Moscow to the peaks of the Caucasus Mts. Iranian patriots eagerly awaited the arrival of their old allies. My friend and I would spin tales about the grandeur of the superior race. We considered Germany the chosen representative of this race in Europe and Iran its representative in Asia. The right to life and role was ours. Others had no choice but submission and slavery. We discarded the old maps and remade Iran into a country larger than what it was in Achaemenian times.”<ref>https://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2015/04/iranian-shah-flirted-with-nazis-in-1930s.html</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|“Germany was our age-old and natural ally, Love of Germany was synonymous with love for Iran. The sound of German officers’ footsteps was heard on the shores of the Nile. [[Swastika]] flags were flying from the outskirts of Moscow to the peaks of the Caucasus Mts. Iranian patriots eagerly awaited the arrival of their old allies. My friend and I would spin tales about the grandeur of the superior race. We considered Germany the chosen representative of this race in Europe and Iran its representative in Asia. The right to life and role was ours. Others had no choice but submission and slavery. We discarded the old maps and remade Iran into a country larger than what it was in Achaemenian times.”<ref>https://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2015/04/iranian-shah-flirted-with-nazis-in-1930s.html</ref>}}

Noted<ref name=jta-122005/>: [Iran under Reza Shah Pahlavi (reigned 1925–1941) admired Nazi ideology, especially the concept of the “Aryan” race, even renaming Persia to “Iran” in 1935 to emphasize this connection. Iran hosted Gestapo agents and served as a base for Nazi operations in the Middle East.

Noted<ref name=jta-122005/>: Iran under Reza Shah Pahlavi (reigned 1925–1941) admired Nazi ideology, especially the concept of the “Aryan” race, even renaming Persia to “Iran” in 1935 to emphasize this connection. Iran hosted Gestapo agents and served as a base for Nazi operations in the Middle East.

At the cooperation between [[Nazi]] Germany and the [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]], Amin al-Husseini, who promoted anti-Jewish policies, opposed Jewish refugees escaping to Palestine, and supported alliances between Arab nationalist movements and the Nazis, Iran is was a refuge --including for the Mufti escaping Iraq, and operational center for Nazi agents and pro-Nazi activities during the war, until Allied forces invaded Iran in 1941 and removed many pro-Nazi officials.

At the cooperation between [[Nazi]] Germany and the [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]], Amin al-Husseini, who promoted anti-Jewish policies, opposed Jewish refugees escaping to Palestine, and supported alliances between Arab nationalist movements and the Nazis, Iran is was a refuge --including for the Mufti escaping Iraq, and operational center for Nazi agents and pro-Nazi activities during the war, until Allied forces invaded Iran in 1941 and removed many pro-Nazi officials.