The Republic of Mahabad or the Republic of Kurdistan (Kurdish: کۆماری کوردستان / Komara Kurdistanê; Persian: جمهوری مهاباد) was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran, from 22 January to 15 December 1946. The Republic of Mahabad, a puppet state of the Soviet Union, arose alongside the Azerbaijan People's Government, a similarly short-lived unrecognized Soviet puppet state.
The capital of the Republic of Mahabad was Mahabad in northwestern Iran. The state encompassed a small territory, including Mahabad and the adjacent cities of Bukan, Oshnavieh, Piranshahr and Naghadeh. The republic moreover claimed the three cities of Urmia, Khoy and Salmas held by the Azerbaijan People's Government.

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