Czechoslovak-Iranian Relations in 1968-1978. Cooperation across the Cold War Barriers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/62156489:43310/24:43925316

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/0530100705_Taterova_web.pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/0530100705_Taterova_web.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.31577/aassav.2024.33.1.05" target="_blank" >10.31577/aassav.2024.33.1.05</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Czechoslovak-Iranian Relations in 1968-1978. Cooperation across the Cold War Barriers

Original language description

This article presents a comprehensive analysis of the diplomatic relations between Czechoslovakia and Iran during the period of 1968 – 1978. Despite being aligned with opposing superpower alliances during the Cold War, the two countries established a pragmatic partnership in the 1960s that persisted even after the Prague Spring of 1968 had been terminated by the invasion by the Warsaw Pact armies. The subsequent political developments in Czechoslovakia, characterized by a process known as normalization, aimed to curtail reforms and reinforce the dominant role of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. However, this ideological framework was not fully applied to the relations with Iran under the royal regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. On the contrary, Czechoslovakia and Iran experienced flourishing economic and cultural exchanges. In particular, important official visits took place, involving also the heads of state, to publicly demonstrate the strength of the mutual partnership. Nonetheless, this cooperation was ultimately disrupted by the fall of the Shah's regime in the wake of the Iranian Revolution in 1979. This research draws primarily on hitherto underexploited archival documents from the relevant Czech archives, offering a Czechoslovak perspective on the development of mutual relations between the two countries.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Asian and African Studies

ISSN

1335-1257

e-ISSN

2585-8793

Volume of the periodical

33

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

117-139

UT code for WoS article

001245039100005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85195632059