Ali Akbar Velayati, senior foreign policy advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader and one of the country’s most outspoken anti-Azerbaijani figures, launched another tirade against Azerbaijan. Speaking to Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Velayati claimed that Baku was allegedly “acting against the interests of the Islamic world,” according to the Telegram channel Minval — LIVE.
As usual—high on rhetoric, low on logic—Velayati declared:
“You have close ties with Azerbaijan, yet its government is taking steps contrary to the stance of Muslim countries. For example, mediating between Julani (Ahmad al-Sharaa – ed.) and the Zionist regime, as well as exporting oil to Israel.”
A dramatic statement—if one ignores the source of this so-called “concern.”
It comes from a country that turned a blind eye for decades as Armenians razed 65 out of 67 mosques on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. From a country unbothered by the fact that pigs were kept inside Islamic holy sites. From a country that calls “Islamic brotherhood” its friendship with those who shoot at Azerbaijanis.
And now, Iran—with a straight face—is lecturing Azerbaijan on the interests of the Islamic world.
Now, Iran, donning the mask of a weary moralist, dares to preach to Azerbaijan about how to properly love Islam.
Perhaps before handing out morality lessons, Tehran should reflect on how it nurtured separatists, silently condoned destruction, and built “spiritual solidarity” exclusively with Azerbaijan’s enemies.
Meanwhile, as Velayati murmurs his grievances toward Pakistan, Azerbaijan quietly restores its mosques. Brings back its people. Brings back life. Without Tehran’s intermediaries, without pigs in sanctuaries, and without phony moralizing from the bunkers of anti-Azerbaijani rhetoric in the south.
