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The anti-Azerbaijani frenzy in Iran rages on. Iranian television aired yet another provocative program concerning Azerbaijan. This time, the platform for pro-Armenian heresy was provided by the state-owned Sahar TV.

The actions of official French authorities are those of political dwarfs. While the whole world was celebrating the New Year, the Embassy of France in Yerevan committed a boorish provocation against Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan has obtained perfect news at the end of the year from the UN Security Council and this will guarantee a great New Year's mood. As is known, France and Armenia convened a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation on the Azerbaijani Lachin road on December 21.

In an interview with Caliber, Dr Farid Shafiyev, Chairman of the Centre of Analysis of International Relations, shared his thoughts on the main developments of 2020 in the context of

Azerbaijan is the only country in the South Caucasus which has consistently supported Ukraine. Baku’s support is backed by that of Turkey, Azerbaijan’s strategic ally since the 2020 Second Karabakh War.

Both Iran and Azerbaijan are countries with a Muslim Shiite majority. But the difference between them is abysmal and now this is also expressed in a visible tension between them.

On December 24, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev viewed the conditions created in the administrative building of the Community of West Azerbaijan as well as met with a group of intellectuals from West Azerbaijan.

Rulers and leaders at all times have tried to prove themselves worthy reformers. Some succeeded, others not so much. But through all the twists and turns, one iron-clad truth surfaced: the key reform was the one that changed the national consciousness.

On December 22, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan issued a new statement at the government session, stressing the need to send the UN and OSCE mission to Karabakh and Lachin "to collect facts".

The center-left Socialists & Democrats group in the European Parliament suspended a political adviser called Eldar Mamedov and referred him to the Belgian authorities as part of an internal investigation

Eldar Mamedov, "foreign affairs" advisor to the Socialists and Democrats group, has been dismissed by his group and reported to the justice system, which was already interested in his case... The issue at hand is the benefits Mamedov received from Qatar.

Latvian Eldar Mamedov, a political adviser to the S&D group in the European Parliament, was suspended for “serious misconduct” and reported to Belgian police.

As we speak, the protests in Iran continue. As a result, the mullahs are cracking down on all of the nation’s ethnic minorities, who often seek to secede and form independent states.

It is to be expected that a neighboring country that has relations with Israel and religious freedom becomes the enemy of Iran.

Roughly speaking, Armenians and their wellwishers dream that the EU mission, which used to be on the territory of Armenia, will now control the Lachin corridor as well.

The current stance of the French government, built on medieval crusader logic, contradicts the principles of modern international politics. Long gone are the times when the Knights Templar used the Armenians of the Middle East to fight against the Muslim empires.

The problem is that the current socio-political environment in Europe creates favorable opportunities for Armenian billionaires to pursue their agenda.

Ruben Vardanyan and Arayik Harutyunyan's criminal clique in Khankendi turns to open terror against the local Armenian population.

American writer Mark Twain once shared a remarkable thought about the media: "Who said that the American press is corrupt? No, it is not; it is simply sold out once and for all". But if the American press is sold out once and for all, the buying and selling out of the Russian media is still going on.

Iran has a history of aiding and abetting proxy groups abroad. Is it now expanding such activities to its north?