This map, produced by the British News Centre, shows Iran and its neighbouring countries. On the sides, it includes a calendar covering 1943 and 1944, so the map was probably drawn in 1942.
This is a map published in the context of the Second World War, after the British Empire and the Soviet Union invaded Iran to limit its relations with Nazi Germany. After the occupation began, the British Empire established the British News Centre to influence the Iranian population's feelings about the British and, to a lesser extent, the Soviets. This organisation, established in the former German consulate in Tehran, was responsible for designing and launching a campaign using maps, posters, films and any other type of media that could improve public opinion.
This map, with text in Farsi, is entitled The Iranian Empire and its neighbours. It shows the country's transport and infrastructure network, with small illustrations of the seven main cities: Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, Mashhad, Abadan, Bandar Abbas, Shiraz and Zahedan. Neighbouring countries, and allies of the British and Soviets, are marked with their respective flags.
At the bottom left is a box with multiple portraits. In the centre is Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the new Iranian leader imposed by the occupying forces, with Joseph Stalin on his left and George VI on his right. At the bottom are the leaders of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey and Egypt.
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