Editing Anglo-Russian Convention (section)

===Persia===
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The agreement recognized the country's sovereignty but also divided it into three separate zones. The agreement designated all of northern Iran, which bordered Russia's possessions in [[Transcaucasia]] and Central Asia, as an exclusive sphere of influence for Russian interests. The northern zone was defined as beginning at [[Qasr-e Shirin]] in the west, on the border with the Ottoman Empire, and running through Tehran, [[Isfahan]] and [[Yazd]] to the eastern border, where the frontiers of Afghanistan, Iran, and Russia intersected. A smaller zone in southeastern Iran, which bordered [[British Raj|British India]], was recognized as an exclusive sphere for Britain. The British zone extended west as far as [[Kerman, Iran|Kerman]] in the south central and [[Bandar Abbas]] in the south. The area separating these two spheres, including part of central Iran and the entire southwest, was designated a neutral zone in which both countries and their respective private citizens could compete for influence and commercial privileges.<ref>[[Firuz Kazemzadeh|Kazemzadeh, Firuz]]. ''Russia and Britain in Persia, 1864–1914: A Study in Imperialism.'' New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1968.{{page number|date=August 2021}}</ref>{{page number|date=August 2021}}<ref>Siegel, Jennifer. ''Endgame: Britain, Russia, and the Final Struggle for Central Asia.'' London and New York: Tauris, 2002.{{page number|date=August 2021}}</ref>{{page number|date=August 2021}}<ref>White, John Albert. ''Transition to Global Rivalry: Alliance Diplomacy and the Quadruple Entente, 1895–1907.'' Cambridge, U.K., and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.</ref>{{page number|date=August 2021}}

For Britain and Russia, the agreement was important in establishing a diplomatic alignment that endured until the [[World War I|First World War]]. The [[Government of Iran|Persian government]], however, had not been consulted about the agreement but was informed after it had been signed. Although not in a position to prevent Britain and Russia from implementing the agreement, the Persian government refused to recognize the accord's legitimacy since it threatened the country's national integrity. Iranian nationalists, in particular, were infuriated by Britain's signing of the treaty, a country that they had considered as a beacon of democracy during the Constitutional Revolution. Subsequently, an important legacy of the agreement was the growth of [[anti-British sentiment]]s and other [[Anti-Western sentiment|anti-Western attitudes]] as strong components of [[Iranian nationalism]]. The agreement did not eliminate all competition between the two powers with respect to their policies in Iran, but after 1907, broad co-operation was fostered, particularly when Anglo-Russian interests were threatened. In particular, Britain and Russia intervened in Iran's domestic politics, supporting the royalists in their struggle with the constitutionalists. The agreement lapsed in 1918, after it was renounced by the new revolutionary [[Soviet Russia]].<ref>[[Firuz Kazemzadeh|Kazemzadeh, Firuz]]. ''Russia and Britain in Persia, 1864–1914: A Study in Imperialism.'' New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1968.{{page number|date=August 2021}}</ref>{{page number|date=August 2021}}<ref>Siegel, Jennifer. ''Endgame: Britain, Russia, and the Final Struggle for Central Asia.'' London and New York: Tauris, 2002.{{page number|date=August 2021}}</ref>{{page number|date=August 2021}}<ref>White, John Albert. ''Transition to Global Rivalry: Alliance Diplomacy and the Quadruple Entente, 1895–1907.'' Cambridge, U.K., and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.{{page number|date=August 2021}}</ref>{{page number|date=August 2021}}