Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwaFebruary 1946, "Teregiramu Yakareba" yaGeorge F. Kennan kubva kuMoscow kuenda kuWashington yakabatsira kujekesa mutemo wakaoma zvikuru wehurumende yeU.S. mukurwisana neSoviet, uyo waizova hwaro hwezano reU.S. kune Soviet Union kwenguva yeHondo Yemashoko. Kutonga kwaTruman kwakagamuchira teregiramu nemhaka yezvipikirwa zvisina kuzadzikwa 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, apo iyi nguva yakasvika, vaSoviet vakaramba vari muIran pasi pezita rePeople's Republic of Azerbaijan uye
Kurdish Republic yeMahabad. 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".