Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has received Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon in separate meetings in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Aram Torosyan, press secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, described Iran International TV network’s information regarding this Central Asian country’s purchase of weapons from Iran as fabricated and categorically rejected it.
After new agreements reached at the eighth meeting of the border demarcation commissions between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, the Yerevan government returned the four disputed border villages in the Gazakh region to the government in Baku.
The President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia have announced their readiness to resolve the long-standing issues between the two countries within the framework of 3+3 format (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran, Georgia, Turkiye and Russia) negotiations. The first meeting of this working group was held on October 23 in the Iranian capital Tehran. These negotiations are of great importance in determining the future of the Nagorno-Caucasus region, and each party discussed the level of meeting their demands at the negotiating table.
In separate meetings with representatives from Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized Tehran’s opposition to the Zangezur Corridor and the interference of foreigners in the region.
The 10-day Eagle Partner 2023 military exercise began to prepare Armenia for participation in international missions with the participation of 85 American and 175 Armenian military personnel.
ISWNews Analysis Group – An Armenian border guard and another from Azerbaijan were wounded on June 15 as a result of an exchange of fire at the entrance to the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Azerbaijan Republic and Armenia have always shown that they are very talented in confronting and creating tensions against each other, and every minor issue can cause a tension or crisis between the two countries. In the latest examples of such tensions, Azerbaijan’s flag was burned in a weightlifting event in Yerevan and a shooting occurred in border areas between Armenia’s Gegharkunik and Azerbaijan’s Kalbajar.
ISWNews Analysis Group – A fresh conflict between border guards of Armenia and Azerbaijan Republic left four Armenian and three Azerbaijani military forces killed.
In the southernmost part of the Caucasus, Iran shares a 750-kilometer border with Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan region, of which about 138 km had been controlled by Armenian forces after the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1991–1994). After the Second Karabakh War in 2020, these areas returned to the sovereignty of Azerbaijan. For its part, Iran’s border with Armenia is only 40 km and yet is considered a lifeline for the three million Armenians whose landlocked country has been regionally isolated by Azerbaijan and Turkey.
A new controversial video has been published of captured Armenian soldiers who are surrounded by Azeri forces and are executed against international laws. This video has been widely surfaced on social media and Caucasus media and has attracted a lot of attentions.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The evidence indicates that the Azerbaijan army with the help of Turkey is preparing to launch a massive military offensive against the Armenia after the anniversary of the start of the second Karabakh war.
