You’ve probably never heard of the Great Persian Famine of 1917–1919. 2-4 million Iranians — a quarter of the country — starved to death while Britain, Russia, and the Ottomans occupied their land. They seized the grain, blocked the roads, controlled the ports and the money… and the world forgot.
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