 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, hurumende yeIraq yeMuchinda-Regent, Muchinda Abd al-Ilah, yakakandirwa pasi muna 1941nevakuru vakuru veGolden Square, vaitungamirirwa naRashid Ali. Hurumende yeIraq yaitsigira vaNazi yakakurirwa muna May 1941 nemauto eMubatanidzwa muHondo yeAnglo-Iraq. Iraq yakazoshandiswa senzvimbo yekurwisa kweAllied paVichy-French-yakachengetwa Mandate yeSyria uye rutsigiro rwekupinda kweAnglo-Soviet muIran. Panguva imwe cheteyo, mutungamiriri wechiKurd Mustafa Barzani akatungamirira kumukira hurumende yepakati muBaghdad. Pashure pokukundikana kwokumukira, Barzani navateveri vake vakatizira kuSoviet Union. 