translate English to German: Thinking that these developments could threaten their own interests, the British pressured their Iraqi allies to renew the Treaty of 1930, the Anglo-Iraqi agreement that provided supposed independence for the Iraqis. The new treaty, signed in Portsmouth in 1948, triggered a large protest, which the British violently put down.
Musik, Theater und bildende Künste wagten einen beachtlichen Neuanfang nach der langen Abstinenz in der osmanischen Zeit.