The involvement of Azerbaijan and Turkey is a matter of time. It will start in the direction of Syunik

Ayatollah, the late supreme spiritual leader of Iran, who was killed by Israeli airstrikes on February 28 Ali Khamenei son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, electing a new supreme leader is a very clear external message from Tehran that Iran is uncompromising in its policy and is not a country that will back down to pressure. About this 168 TVof Revue mentioned on the air of the program political analyst Aram Shahnazaryanspeaking about the ongoing Iranian-Israeli-American war and the general situation in Iran.

According to Aram Shahnazaryan, 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei, who is the second son of Ali Khamenei, is a Shiite cleric, has the highest religious rank of Iran, which professes the Shiite branch of Islam, is Ayatollah, and was engaged in religious science in his life, but also had great political influence. According to Shahnazaryan: Mojtaba Khamenei has been one of the key figures of Iran’s deep state over the years։

According to the political analyst, the election of Mojtaba Khamenei can be considered a very serious victory for the Iranian people.

“The message was very clear. If you remember, from the very first day of the war, the goal was one: to overthrow the political and military leadership of Iran, this time with the country’s first person, the deceased leader, to achieve collapse and a change of power, or, as Trump stated, a person “acceptable” to him should be the next leader. This election was a very clear message that Iran is not a country that will succumb to pressure, Iran is not a country with which you can speak with the language of threats, Iran is not a country where you can kidnap the leader like Venezuela, or in the case of Iran, kill the leader and appoint the person you want as the head of the country. This was also a clear message that Iran will continue its foreign policy direction and there will not be any changes in that direction, Iran will maintain its regional role,” commented Aram Shahnazaryan.

According to the Iranian-Armenian figure, in response to the military aggression, the logic of Iran’s actions is clear: the price of this war must be paid not only by the United States and Israel, but by the entire international community.

Speaking about the risks arising from the war and the dangers and threats of further destabilization of the regional security of the Greater Middle East, the political analyst emphasizes that what started on February 28 was a regional war from the beginning and continues as a regional war, and even some experts believe that this is the de facto Third World War.

In this context, Aram Shahnazaryan talked about the most important and interesting issues from the Armenian point of view: will the “fire” of the Iranian war spread to the north, what challenges does it cause especially for the security and interests of Armenia, and how does it affect the South Caucasus region?

The analyst mentioned the events of March 5 in Nakhijevan, the drone strikes on the territory of Nakhijevan, expressing the opinion that it was a provocation against Iran. According to Aram Shahnazaryan, Iran does not need a new war front. It is, of course, about whether what happened in Nakhichevan was not an Israeli or Azerbaijani provocation to create an occasion for Azerbaijan to start a war against Iran in order to get involved in a military adventure against Iran.

According to Aram Shahnazaryan, it is only a matter of time before Azerbaijan and Turkey get involved in the war.

“As for Nakhijevan, I think it was a provocation, definitely a provocation. It was a provocation by whom, Israel, Israel-American, or Azerbaijan, but in any case it was a provocation to open a new front against Iran. You know, Iran does not need a new front in this war. They will not avoid it, but it is not necessary. Let’s take into account the statement of the Central Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Iran after that, which warned Azerbaijan that “we did not strike, but we warn you: remove the Zionists from your territory, because they can provoke everything, and you will be the bearers of the direct consequences of this provocation.”

We had occasion to raise the issue that not only Nakhijevan, but also the three airports operating in the territory of our occupied Artsakh Republic, what was the point of building three airports in that small area?

Obviously they are being used for military purposes, and obviously they are being used by Israel, and if they start using it against Iran, yes, they will definitely target it, and if, God forbid, the war takes a wider course and expands further, if, God forbid, it happens that the American-Israeli side can achieve even 1 percent of its goals, that is, social collapse and a change of government, I am sure that this will not happen, but we must discuss every option, I am sure that it is only a matter of time before Azerbaijan and Turkey get involved in this war, and it will be a matter of time, unfortunately, that military operations will also begin In the direction of Syunik.

I see that danger and speak about it with full responsibility. The simplest scenario: they will announce that “we are creating a security buffer zone, we are entering to secure our borders,” Aram Shahnazaryan believes.

As the political analyst comments, theoretically there is a possibility of ground military operations against Iran, a land invasion by the US-Israel coalition or their “proxy” forces, but in practice “it’s a crazy thing”, remembering Iran’s huge territory of about 1 million 650 thousand square kilometers, more than 90 million people, geographical relief, military potential and many, many other factors.

According to Aram Shahnazaryan, Iran is ready for a very long war, even for years.

Shahnazaryan considers Trump’s “cowboy approach” to the issue of Iran to be ridiculous, noting that the US president’s statements show that he does not know the Iranian people and Iranian culture. The interlocutor emphasizes that the psychology, culture, value system of the Iranian people should be recognized. In this context, he also mentioned the manipulation of the religious factor in the context of war by the Trump administration, noting that the American society has become a prisoner of extremist sectarian movements.

Full interview in the video.

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