Iran’s new international minister stated Wednesday that Tehran has “severe considerations” about Israel’s actions within the Caucasus area.
Iran’s chief diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the feedback whereas in Moscow for talks together with his Russian counterpart, International Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“We definitely is not going to tolerate geopolitical change and map change within the Caucasus,” Amir-Abdollahian stated in a press briefing. “We have now severe considerations concerning the presence of terrorists and Zionists on this area.”
Israel offers important arms to Azerbaijan. In response to the Israel Hayom newspaper, Baku is contemplating shopping for Israel’s Arrow-3 missile defense system. Throughout its six-week struggle with Armenia for management of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh area final 12 months, Azerbaijan deployed Israel-made surveillance drones on the battlefield.
Earlier this week, Azerbaijan’s International Ministry spokesperson Leyla Abdullayeva pushed again on Iran’s repeated claims that Israeli troops are within the nation.
“We reject the allegations of any third get together’s presence close to the Azerbaijani-Iranian border. Such allegations are completely baseless,” Abdullayeva stated Monday.
Tensions have risen between Iran and neighboring Azerbaijan in latest weeks. In mid-September, Baku held joint army drills with Turkey and Pakistan close to the 700-kilometer (435-mile) border Azerbaijan shares with Iran. Tehran responded by launching military drills of its personal on Friday, prompting Turkey to announce plans for army drills with Azerbaijan this week.
Throughout an interview with Turkish information company Anadolu, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev denounced the Iranian struggle video games and requested, “Why now, and why on our border?”
In an extra signal of pressure between the 2 neighbors, Iranian information company Tasnim reported on Tuesday that Azerbaijan shut down a mosque within the Azerbaijani capital that was linked to Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
