Iran’s navy will maintain a drill near the border with Azerbaijan on Friday.
The bottom forces of the Iranian Military will conduct the war game in northwest Iran. Models from the military’s armored, artillery, drone, digital warfare and helicopter divisions will take part within the drill for fight readiness, the semi-official Tasnim Information Company reported Thursday.
The transfer follows vital feedback made lately by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Talking to Turkey’s official Anadolu Company, the chief questioned why Iran was holding a drill so near the border.
“Each nation can perform any navy drill by itself territory. It’s their sovereign proper,” mentioned Aliyev. “However why now, and why on our border?”
Iran has a complex relationship with Azerbaijan and its ally Turkey. The Islamic Republic stayed neutral throughout final 12 months’s Nagorno-Karabakh battle between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
The Iranian International Ministry sought to downplay tensions in response to Aliyev’s remarks. International Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh mentioned Tuesday that the remarks had been shocking given Iran’s close relationship with Azerbaijan. He added that Azerbaijani and Iranian diplomats mentioned the problem on the United Nations Basic Meeting summit in New York, in response to the official Islamic Republic Information Company.
The company additionally reported that “Iran wouldn’t tolerate the presence of the Israeli regime … close to the borders of Iran.” Israel sells weapons to Azerbaijan and has lengthy been rumored to have a base within the nation.
