If the Azerbaijani demonstrations turn into a movement of disobedience, the Aliyev regime is there

Protests are being held in Baku and other cities of Azerbaijan against the ban on wearing hijab in schools.

At the end of September, the government of Azerbaijan changed the school uniform rules, prohibiting the wearing of clothes in schools that differ from the uniform or contradict the secular principle of education.

168.amthe Iran affairs expert, political analyst Aram Shahnazaryan in a conversation with, he tried to understand that these clashes in Azerbaijan are in some way based on religious demands can they turn into a serious action, expand, we have also made comparisons with Iranian clashes on ethnic-religious grounds

“I am not an expert on Azerbaijan issues, I cannot say deep things, but I follow these demonstrations, processes, Azerbaijani events in general. What is happening now, and I notice, I do not think will turn into large-scale riots and create problems for the authorities.

That’s my subjective opinion. I don’t see anything like what happened in Iran happening in Azerbaijan. This, at least for now. But, of course, you have to follow the developments.

However, one thing is clear: no matter how much Aliyev tries to present himself as an “iron fist”, a popular president enjoying great democracy, who won the war and returned Azerbaijan to its “lost territories”, moreover, returned glory and power, there is still a very deep dissatisfaction with the regime among the broad sections of society. It is obvious.

All the unbiased analyzes and information that I read indicate that there is a protest against the Aliyev regime, because the wealth obtained from petrodollars does not “reach” the Azerbaijani society, that is, they are not distributed properly. It is no secret that there is a highly corrupt system in Azerbaijan, which has somehow lost its connection with the general classes of society.

There is also an important circumstance. such systems, which are also not ideological, immediately show cracks and begin to collapse in case of acute social shocks. This is definite. And if these demonstrations turn into large-scale riots and a movement of disobedience, the Aliyev regime may face very serious problems,” he elaborated.