Who first used the phrase iron curtain?

Churchill's first recorded use of the term "iron curtain" came in a 12 May 1945 telegram he sent to U.S. President Harry S. Truman regarding his concern about Soviet actions, stating "[a]n iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. read more

From those, the best option is d. Churchill- he used it first, as far as we know, in a telegram to Truman. The phrase was, however also used before, for example by Goebbels in his anti-soviet speeches. read more

The expression Iron Curtain was coined by Winston Churchill, who was prime minister of Britain in World War II.Churchill first used the term soon after the war, when the Soviet Union was beginning to carry out its plans for postwar dominance of eastern Europe. read more