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Azerbaijan launches military operation in Karabakh as tensions escalate
Sep 19, 2023 14:01Azerbaijan says it has launched a military operation in Karabakh almost three years after it went to war with Armenia over the disputed mountainous region.
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Tensions rise in Karabakh after Azerbaijan's forces set up checkpoint on key land route to enclave
Apr 24, 2023 07:35Azerbaijan has set up a checkpoint on the only land route connecting Armenia to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in a controversial move that contravenes a standing agreement, which specifies that the region must be under Russian control.
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FM reaffirms Iran's opposition to any changes in regional borders
Oct 21, 2022 07:23Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian reaffirms Iran's opposition to implementation of any changes to the regional countries' internationally-recognized contours.
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Iran dismisses Aliev’s remarks about military drills near Azeri border
Sep 28, 2021 18:16Reacting to Azerbaijan’s criticism of Iran for holding military exercises near its borders, the Foreign Ministry spokesman says the Islamic Republic has only been exercising its right to sovereignty by holding the drills.
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Armenia’s prime minister fires top military official
Mar 10, 2021 13:13Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has dismissed the country's top military official over the allegation that the military has effectively staged a coup against his government, despite President Armen Sarkissian’s refusal to sign a decree calling for the general’s resignation last month.
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Presence of Takfiri terrorists in Karabakh ‘serious cause of concern’: Iran deputy FM
Mar 02, 2021 06:49Iranian deputy foreign minister for political affairs says the presence of Takfiri terrorists in Nagorno-Karabakh, the region of dispute between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, is a ‘serious cause of concern’ for the Islamic Republic.
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US nuclear demand from Iran 'will never happen': Zarif
Jan 29, 2021 13:49Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran will not accept the US demand that it resume full nuclear compliance before Washington lifts sanctions on Tehran.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange prisoners of war
Dec 15, 2020 13:13Armenia and Azerbaijan have started a prisoner swap, under a ceasefire deal that was brokered by Russia last month to put an end to weeks-long fighting between the two countries over the Karabakh region.
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Karabakh violation: Azerbaijan says 4 soldiers killed, threatens to 'destroy' Armenia
Dec 13, 2020 15:27Azerbaijan says four of its servicemen have been killed in an attack by Armenian troops, in the first report of casualties since a Russian-brokered ceasefire accord ended a 44-day war last month.
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President voices Iran’s readiness to help consolidate Karabakh truce
Dec 10, 2020 05:53President Hassan Rouhani has welcomed the establishment of a ceasefire between republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region, announcing Tehran’s readiness to help strengthen the truce and establish security in the region.