Azerbaijan will eventually be dragged into the war against Iran if it continues, and if the Azerbaijanis are dragged into the war and they allow Iran to be struck from the territory of Azerbaijan, they will have to pay a heavy price.

This is the opinion expressed by a Norwegian political scientist, a professor at the University of Southeast Norway Glenn Dizeny with in the interview Brazilian political analyst and author Pepe Escobartalking about the double matches between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

According to Escobar, this is exactly what happened during last year’s 12-day war, but Iran did not take any retaliatory action, although it had all the evidence that the Israeli drones striking Iran’s territory were flying from Azerbaijan’s territory.

“If this happens again, Aliyev will be in serious trouble, to put it mildly. Let’s wait and see how the situation will develop. They think that this war does not concern them, but in the end, depending on the development of events, they may even benefit from this war, but for now, nothing is decided. In any case, I have received an invitation to participate in one of the conferences to be held in Baku, and I am going to accept it, because I would like to ask these questions to the people there, unless, of course, they throw me into prison,” added Pepe Escobar.

According to Glenn Diezen, many US presidents have avoided war with Iran because there were too many uncertain, unknown and uncontrollable factors, such as what would happen to Azerbaijan if it were drawn into the war. According to the Norwegian political scientist, it will change not only the European, but also the Eurasian geopolitical landscape.

“After decades of sanctions, threats and brokered attacks, Iran wants to settle all accounts and do it on its own terms. So, it was easy to start this war, but it will be very difficult to end it, because when everything is over, the world, it seems to me, will look completely different,” Dizen noted.

Pepe Escobar, for his part, added that one of Iran’s imperative demands is that there be no more sanctions against the Islamic Republic, but according to the Brazilian analyst, this is absolutely impossible, because the sanctions must be canceled by the US Congress, and this will never happen. The other demand, to pay reparations to Iran, is also extremely difficult to imagine the empire paying reparations or war fines to Iran.

“For the Iranians, it’s a matter of faith, it’s one of their three or four main points, among the demand to remove American military bases from West Asia, so the gap between the two sides is insurmountable, and there is no one who can act as a mediator. The only possible mediator could be Russia, and if we look at what Ushakov did not reveal about the telephone conversation between Trump and Putin, then there is no doubt that they touched on this topic. Putin could have told Trump. “Yes, I can be a mediator, all participants respect us.” The question is, do the Iranians want mediation? At the moment, we are hearing the same thing from the leadership of Iran, including Ayatollah Khamenei. “No, no ceasefire, no mediation. we go all the way.” This is what makes the situation so explosive,” added Pepe Escobar.

The Norwegian professor added, “this was a stupid war that should not have started in the first place.”

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