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Wider regional concerns add to possibility of confrontation as Tehran clearly marks its line in the sand.

Aware of Azerbaijan's growing economic influence and strength, Iran is taking measures to ensure the tensions remain in its favor.

The Iranians feel that at a time when they are facing protests that threaten the very existence of their regime, they are being sandwiched in-between forces allied with a country, whose prime minister has issued threats of using military force to destroy Iran's nuclear program. For this reason, the Iranians are trying to break up these alliances.

The trip to Azerbaijan had a large delegation and highlighted business and trade ties. Israel already has trade relations with Azerbaijan, but these are expected to increase.

On March 30, Azerbaijan officially inaugurated its first embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, after avoiding the move for three decades.

Israel’s flourishing ties with a slew of Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries demonstrate that these relationships are underpinned by far more than shared threats.

It is easy to forget in this time of war in Ukraine that NATO is an organisation supposed to enable peace.

Three separate, seemingly unrelated events occurred recently in the South Caucasus, showing that Armenia cannot coexist peacefully with its neighbours. Another military escalation between Azerbaijan and Armenia, with the latter using Iranian drones.

“The world’s second military power”, as Russia had been referred to before it waged war in Ukraine, is reportedly suffering from a severe shortage of both lethal and non-lethal weapons, including drones and missiles. Under sanctions, when it is impossible to obtain arms components and military goods in the usual way, the aggressor is forced to rely on supplies from rogue countries and their accomplices. One of the main accomplices ensuring the supply of sanctioned goods to Russia is Armenia.

There was some cautious optimism among the expert community that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan could have been signed in 2022. However, these hopes were unjustified and, by the end of the year, the negotiations had stalled and this is still the case. 

During a visit to Kazakhstan on April 10, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan met with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, with the two leaders showing a solid commitment to strengthening bilateral relations.

In parallel to the 3+3 format, the countries of the South Caucasus started to discuss intra-regional formats as well, particularly at the behest of Georgia.

French politicians are out of touch with the times, deliberately going against the tenets of democracy proclaimed hundreds of years ago. France's democracy today can safely and unapologetically be called "Armenocracy".

The visit of the President of Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan confirmed the intention of the two countries to increase cooperation in the absence of any issues between them amid growing geopolitical turbulence and the rapid change of "scene" not only in the regional, but also in the global political and economic "performance".

After the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran on January 27, 2023, a security guard was killed and one security personnel was injured, tensions in Iran-Azerbaijan relations continue in several directions.

There is shooting on the conditional border between Azerbaijan and Armenia again, and once again it is a consequence of Yerevan's provocative actions.

If Iranians of all ethnic groups who are fighting for freedom would be aided by the West, the nuclear issue would end.

The Azerbaijani President's visit to Tajikistan confirmed the interest of the two countries in close cooperation, even though for all their similarities, they also have certain differences.

Israel Today points out that the close relations between Azerbaijan and the Jewish state have a history of more than 30 years, but they have never been directed against Iran, always stemming from the two countries’ national interests.

Tehran uses a chorus of local useful idiots to spread and promote its narratives, as well as to attack opponents.

The American private strategic intelligence company Stratfor, often referred to as the "shadow CIA", has analyzed the risks of a new military escalation in Karabakh and along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border.

The “Ukraine. Crucifixion. Tribunal” exhibition opened at the World War II Museum in New York. The main exhibit was the boots of Russian soldiers killed on the Russian-Ukrainian front. They were laid out in the shape of a five-pointed star...

As we speak, Iranians are protesting against the ayatollah’s regime with renewed intensity, after it was discovered that up to 7,000 girls across the Islamic Republic were poisoned between November 2022 and March 2023.

The opening of the embassy of Azerbaijan in Israel is an example of Baku's strategy to build new lines of trans-regional cooperation at the intersection of Africa, the eastern Mediterranean and the Arab states.