740.0011 European War 1939/31206: Telegram
The Minister in Iran ( Dreyfus ) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 17—4:15 p.m.]
931. My 927.90 Prime Minister’s statement to Medjliss is summarized as follows:
Recent events prove that Germany has incited tribes against Iranian Government, dropped parachutists to damage the railway and lines of communication, created an espionage organization, engaged in nefarious activities, and by engendering strife and revolt has endeavored to disturb public peace and security. The Iranian Government considers these acts as unlawful and hostile and deems itself justified in taking steps to put an end to this unsatisfactory state of affairs. Consequently Government after due consideration finds it necessary to declare that a state of war exists between Iran and Germany. At the same time the Government wishes to announce its agreement with the Joint Declaration of the United Nations dated January 1, 1942.
The Royal Firman dated September 9 declaring war reads as follows: “In accordance with the proposal of the Government and in [Page 437] conformity with Article 51 of the Constitution we declare that a state of war exists between our country and Germany from the seventeenth of Sharivar 1,322” (September 9, 1943).
- Dated September 9, above.↩