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France secretly supported Iran during the first Russo-Persian War and tried to spark a war between Turkey and Russia to weaken Russia. Napoleon offered to send French troops to help Iran expel Russian forces from the Caucasus. This led to war between Turkey and Russia as Napoleon had hoped. With Turkey and Iran now fighting against it, Russia sought to make peace with Iran, but Iran refused due to Napoleon urging Iran to keep fighting and providing them military support. However, when Russia and France made

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Aydan Shirin

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