Answer:
Persia was divided into spheres of influence in 1907.
Explanation:
The 1907 Anglo-Russian Convention was an agreement signed on August 31, 1907, in St. Petersburg by Count Alexandre Izvolsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire, and Sir Arthur Nicolson, the United Kingdom's ambassador to Russia.
The convention ended several decades of the Great Game between the two powers, defining their respective spheres of influence in Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet. Its main purpose was to resolve the long-running dispute between the imperial powers over their respective peripheries, although it also served their broader diplomatic objectives, helping counterbalance German influence. The Anglo-Russian Entente, together with the Entente Cordiale (1904) and the Franco-Russian Alliance (1892) form the so-called Triple Entente between the United Kingdom, France and Russia.
The convention had three sections dealing with Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet.
In this convention, Persia was divided into three zones: a British zone in the south, a Russian zone in the north, and a small neutral zone, serving as a buffer in the middle. The convention was very careful not to call these zones 'spheres of influence', lest it be evident that the great powers were dividing Persia.
