The article talks about the discussion of Iran’s Foreign Ministry with Russia’s Ambassador to Iran regarding the Zangezur corridor project. The project is important for Azerbaijan and Moscow because it will connect the Azeri mainland to the exclave through Armenia. Iran is worried because it has issues with its Azeri population that neighbors the Azeri exclave.
How does this play into the wider Russian-Iranian relationship?
Turkey has already stressed that they don’t need to bisect Armenia to access the Caspian, they can do that through Iran without becoming the next Russia. Russia needs it to circumvent sanctions through fellow dictatorship in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan can invade with Russian support but without Turkey, they’ll find out real quick. Armenia needs to kick out the Russian base yesterday.
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The article talks about the discussion of Iran’s Foreign Ministry with Russia’s Ambassador to Iran regarding the Zangezur corridor project. The project is important for Azerbaijan and Moscow because it will connect the Azeri mainland to the exclave through Armenia. Iran is worried because it has issues with its Azeri population that neighbors the Azeri exclave.
How does this play into the wider Russian-Iranian relationship?
Turkey has already stressed that they don’t need to bisect Armenia to access the Caspian, they can do that through Iran without becoming the next Russia. Russia needs it to circumvent sanctions through fellow dictatorship in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan can invade with Russian support but without Turkey, they’ll find out real quick. Armenia needs to kick out the Russian base yesterday.