Yesterday, the Armed Forces of the barbaric regime of Baku conducted ATS exercises in the sky of the Apsheron Peninsula and the capital city of Baku.

Although it is officially stated that they were pre-planned, it is clear that the exercises are aimed at a possible Iranian attack, since it is here that the main oil fields are located, which also serve a significant part of Israel’s needs.

At the very least, it seems ridiculous that Baku assumes that, figuratively speaking, under the nose of Iran, it is possible to protect its oil and gas infrastructures, when the Iranians are able to hit the Israeli Haifa oil refinery about 1000 kilometers away, or almost any similar infrastructure in the Persian Gulf region, in every country with a more developed air defense system.

So, I think that the exercises are aimed, first of all, at convincing one’s own society that the barbaric regime in Baku has sufficient defense capabilities against a possible Iranian threat.

Iranologist Vardan Voskanyan

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