And what does Iran mean in Farsi?
Aryan. That's right the once proud people of Persians are Aryans.
Is that true?
Yes
Persia had been called the Land of Aryans as part of their original and ancient culture.
Here is a quick synopsis:
That doesn’t make them good guys or bad guys until Hitler decides he needs routes to move material, and Iran is rich in oil. Now those two things combined make Iran a part of his grand plan but, he is still operating under the treaty of Versailles and also needs to be clever in establishing relationships around the world. So Hitler declares the people of Persia racial equals or Arians.
How does he reinforce his new found brotherhood?
Hitler and the 3rd Reich begin sending books, movies and material to reinforce this image of an ancient and common ancestry. I don’t believe Leni Reifenstal was part of this but may have been at some point. Anyway, the Germans really suck up to the people of Persia because Hitler has this passion for world domination and Persia is be integral to his plans.
There was even this ancient symbol found in Germany on pots and some bricks that looked similar to one that was prominent in Persian culture. This same symbol, by the way is found in cultures worldwide and on every continent.
So Hitler, working to establish the National Socialist Party, in the 1920’s uses the Swastika as the symbol for his new flag. You can read about it in Mein Kampf.
Hitler uses this as a common and ancient symbol that “definitively” proves the ancient commonality of the two nations.
Persians become leaders of the Waffen SS and the Iranian Nazi Party in what is now officially Iran. The Persians have some 20,000 soldiers enlist in the German army.
Now Persia wanted no part of what they could see looming on the horizon and so they declared themselves to be a neutral country. Still, they praised solidarity with Hitler and Germany because they believe this will help to release them from their invented enemy the Jews, at the same offer cover from the Germans. They think the Jews have been trying to undermine their country for hundreds or thousands of years. Never mind the Jews would have to cross Ancient Babylon “if” they wanted to conquer Persia.
Pretty sure that was never going to happen.
Persia changes its name to Iran to show solidarity with Hitler and the German people.
Hitler declares war, the rest is history and on and on.
The British and the Soviets recognized the importance of Iran as a conduit for supplies and ignoring International Convention and Treaty, invaded Iran thus choking off a valuable supply route to the Germans. It did of course now provide supply routes for our side.