THE CHANGES IN ENGLISH POLICY IN IRAN UNDER THE CONSERVATIVES AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Abstract

The article is devoted to an interesting page in the history of the Anglo-Russian rivalry for Iran, in particular. The 19th century went down in history as a period of the "Great Game" of major European powers for dominance in Central Asia and the Middle East. Russia and Great Britain, the main actors of big politics, used a different arsenal of means, trying to prevent a competitor from establishing itself in those territories that were geopolitically and geoeconomically necessary. The article shows the change in the vector in foreign policy in Iran under the conservatives - supporters of the "forward policy"