Rahim Sultanov (1912–2000) was an Iranian-born figure, who moved to Baku after the Soviet takeover of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.[1] In the dawn of the Soviet occupation of Iran (see also: Iran crisis of 1946), Sultanov was ordered to join the pro-Soviet Azerbaijani-language newspaper Vatan/Veten yolunda ("On the Path of the Motherland") and the Soviet Persian-language newspaper Dust-e Iran ("Iran's Friend").[1] Sultanov was born in Ardabil and was an Iranian Azerbaijani.[1] He was educated within Soviet institutions in Baku, translated the classics of Persian literature into Azerbaijani and contributed to the training of the "first generation of Soviet Azerbaijan-born Iranologists".[1]