Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaFebruary 1946, "Teregiramu refu" yaGeorge F. Kennan kubva kuMoscow kuenda kuWashington yakabatsira kutaura mutsara wakaoma zvikuru wehurumende yeUS kurwisa maSoviet, iyo yaizova hwaro hwehurongwa hweUS kuSoviet Union kwenguva yeHondo Yemashoko. Kutonga kwaTruman kwakagamuchira teregiramu nemhaka yezvipikirwa zvisina kuzadziswa naStalin pamusoro peEurope neIran. Kutevera Hondo Yenyika II yeAnglo-Soviet yekupinda muIran, nyika yakatorwa neRed Army kuchamhembe kwakanyanya uye neBritain kumaodzanyemba. Iran yakashandiswa neUnited States neBritain kugovera Soviet Union, uye vaAllies vakabvuma kubva muIran mukati memwedzi mitanhatu pashure pokuguma kwehondo. Zvisinei, pakasvika nguva yakadaro, vaSoviet vakaramba vari muIran pasi pezita rePeople's Republic yeAzerbaijan neKurdish
Republic of Mahabad. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, pana March 5, aimbova mutungamiriri wehurumende yeBritain Winston Churchill akapa hurukuro yake yakakurumbira ye"Iron Curtain" muFulton, Missouri. Hurukuro yacho yakadana kubatana kweEngland neAmerica kurwisana neSoviet, iyo yaakapomera mhosva yokugadza "chidzitiro chesimbi" chinoparadzanisa Europe kubva ku"Stettin muBaltic kusvika kuTrieste muAdriatic".