Iran

From Turtledove

Iran, also known as Persia was an ancient country in the Middle East bordering India or Pakistan.

[edit] Iran in In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Iran was taken over by the Nazis after Germany defeated Britain and the Soviet Union during World War II. Iran became a member state of the Greater German Reich and was administrated by the Colonial Ministry.

Due to their Aryan ancestry, Iranians or Persians were declared "Aryans" by the Institute for Racial Studies, and thus avoided the persecution suffered by other conquered races like the Arabs, Jews, Slavs and Africans. Iranians were among the Reich's few groups of non-German subjects invited to study at German universities.

[edit] Iran in Worldwar

Iran was overrun by the Race's Conquest Fleet and was forcibly annexed to the Race's Empire (it had been invaded by a joint British-Soviet operation the previous year), a claim recognized by independent Tosevite not-empires at the Peace of Cairo. Iran's arid desert climate made it desirable to the Race, but it was a restive province, with its Islamic majority in constant rebellion, and required heavy policing by veterans of the Conquest Fleet. Iranian Ruhollah Khomeini (ironically, operating out of Iraq) was a thorn in the Race's side until his capture and exile to Argentina.