Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakapumautia e te Republic of China me te Imperial State of Iran nga hononga tautohe i te tau 1937. I te tau 1971, i whakaae a Iran ki te Republic of China (i whakahaerehia e te Rōpū Kaunihera o Haina) hei kawanatanga tika anake o Haina, me te whakakore ano i tana whakaaetanga ki te Republic of China (me tana kawanatanga Kuomintang e noho ana i Taiwan) hei kawanatanga. I nga tau tuatahi o te Pakanga Makariri, ko Iran me te People's Republic of China i nga taha o te Iron Curtain, me Iran he waahanga o te American-led Western Bloc mai i te 1953 coup
Ko Haina he wāhanga o te Eastern Bloc i arahina e te Soviet tae noa ki te wa i wehe atu ai te whakamutunga i te 1961, na reira ka uru atu ki te Western Bloc tae noa ki te mutunga o te Cold War.