The phenomenon of immigration to the United States from the perspective of Qajar Iranians and its consequences

The discovery of the United States, or “Yengi donya” as the Iranians call it in the Qajar era, is one of the most important events in world history, which affected many people around the world. Iran was one of the countries that realized the importance of the new world during the Qajar period.This article with a descriptive-analytical method and relying on the press and unpublished documents seeks to answer these questions that how was the phenomenon of mass immigration to the United States reflected in Iran after the discovery of this continent by Christopher Columbus? What were the reasons and consequences of this migration and did it lead to the migration of Iranians to the United States?The findings of the research indicate that following the discovery of the American continent, tens of thousands of immigrants from all over the world immigrated to this country due to the effective policies of the American government and attractive factors such as the presence of fertile land, the discovery of gold mines, freedom and democracy, and became a source of huge transformation.These developments and rapid transformations in the United States were strongly noticed by Iranian intellectuals, newspapers and diplomats, so that by reflecting these materials, they introduced the members of the society to the benefits of immigrating to America and in general, how and why to immigrate to this country.