Republic of Mahabad

Also known as Republic of Kurdistan, Republic of Mehabad, Kurdistan Republic

1946 unrecognised Kurdish state in Iran

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1946: Qazi Muhammad ( KDPI )
Status: Unrecognized , puppet state of the Soviet Union
Capital: Mahabad
Common languages: Kurdish
Government: Socialist republic
Historical era: Cold War
Autonomy declared: 22 January 1946
Soviet withdrawal: June 1946
Iran reestablishes control: 15 December 1946
Leaders executed: 31 March 1947
Currency: Soviet ruble

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Today part ofIran

The Republic of Mahabad, also referred to as the Republic of Kurdistan (Kurdish: کۆماری کوردستان, romanized: Komarî Kurdistan; Persian: جمهوری مهاباد, romanized: Jomhuriye Mahâbâd), was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran, from 22 January to 15 December 1946. The Republic of Mahabad, sometimes described as a puppet state of the Soviet Union, arose in northwestern Iran alongside the Azerbaijan People's Government, a similarly short-lived and unrecognized Soviet puppet state.