Monday, September 11 2023 17:27

ArmInfo.Shahriar Heidari, a member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security Committee,  warned Azerbaijan on Sunday that Tehran will not move past Azerbaijan's attempts to change Iran's borders with Armenia, Tehran Times reports.

According to the source, he explained that Iran and Armenia share a  47-kilometer border in the Karabakh region and Baku is seeking to  diminish the extent of this border by making geopolitical changes.

"Altering Iran's borders with its neighbors is an Israeli plan.  Azerbaijan must understand that acting in line with such plans will  bring out Iran's sensitivity," Heidari warned.  Heidari added that  Iran honors the sovereignty and national integrity of countries in  the region and has great emphasis on the matter. 

The lawmaker also touched on how the presence of Israel and the U.S.  in the region causes ties between different countries to become  fractious. He mentioned how Baku has changed its diplomatic rhetoric  in regard to Iran under the influence of the Israeli regime. 

"Iran will not tolerate any interference by foreign forces in  Karabakh. The Azerbaijani government must realize that the Israeli  regime and the U.S. are in no way real supporters of the state and  people of Azerbaijan," said the MP.

On Thursday, both Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged accusations of  deploying troops near their shared border amidst escalating tensions  over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.  The disputed region, located in  the South Caucasus, has been a source of conflict between the two  countries for over thirty years. 

Azerbaijan was able to capture of a vast area in the region,  officially considered part of Azerbaijan by the UN, during a war with  Armenia in 2020. Despite a ceasefire in place, Baku has reportedly  been thinking of launching another attack and gaining control of the  remaining areas. The move would change historic borders between Iran  and Armenia which the two countries have been sharing for thousands  of years. 

Despite mediation attempts by the European Union, the United States,  and Russia, skirmishes along the border continue to occur regularly,  as the predominantly Armenian population in Karabakh opposes  Azerbaijani governance, the source notes.