 Kuvapo kwokutanga kwevaSikh muIran kwakatanga muna 1900, apo vose vari vaviri vezvemabhizimisi veSikh pamwe chete nemauto eSikh muuto reBritain panguva yekugara kweIran. Chinangwa chikuru chekupinda kwevaSikh pakutanga chaive mudhorobha reZahedan, padyo nemuganhu neBritish India yava kunzi Pakistan muma1920s apo chirongwa cheTrans-Iranian Railway chakatanga. Maererano neshoko revanhu rinotendwa kuti Reza Shah paakashanyira guta akaona maSikh akapfeka nguo chena achigara imomo uye nokudaro akachinja zita kubva ku Dozdab Nyika yembavha kuenda ku Zahedan muzhinji weshoko rePersian , zvichireva kuti vanonamata mushure maSikh avo vaionekwa zâhid Vakachenjera naye. 