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Authors

• Marziye Mansoury ¹
• Jamshid Noroozi ²

¹ PhD student of Iranian history, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor of History. Faculty of Literature. Alzahra. University. Tehran. Iran

Abstract

Iran was conquered by the Allies of World War II in Shahrivar 1941/1320. This occupation, which continued until 1325/1945, led to political, economic and social crises in Iran. One of the components of monitoring the economic crisis was the emergence of problems in the field of food and lack or rarity of basic food items for the people. Knowing why this crisis occurred and how to manage it is a light for future economic studies.This research, with a descriptive-analytical approach based on the contents of documents and press of these years, studies and investigates how and why the tea crisis as one of the basic items. This article tries to answer the question of why and how the tea crisis occurred in Iran between 1320 and 1325. The hypothesis of the research is that this crisis occurred as a result of a set of internal and external factors.According to the findings of the research, the external factor is the cause of this crisis and the internal factor is the aggravator. Under external factors, things like the effects of the Second World War on tea imports, the role of the Middle East logistics center in restricting tea imports, the Allies' control over Iran's affairs and the appropriation of transportation facilities can be considered. And among the internal factors, things like hoarding, corruption of government officials, lack of proper implementation of government measures to resolve the crisis, and monopolization of the trade of this commodity have been taken into consideration.

Keywords

• Tea
• tea crisis
• World War II
• Iran