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“Iran will hit the places where, according to Tehran, the threat to the Islamic Republic is concentrated,” he said today. 168TVof “diplomat” he mentioned on the air of the program Russian journalist, political commentator Abbas Juman: referring to the war against Iran and its consequences in the South Caucasus.

Abbas Juma believes that it is difficult to predict the course of the war and negotiations at the moment, because either the resumption of the hot phase of the war or the negotiation process is possible, although every statement of the US President Trump pushes the parties away from the negotiations.

Speaking from the South Caucasus, the Russian political commentator said that the war is changing Iran’s approaches, they are becoming tougher. According to him, if the war continues, if it unfolds, there is a great risk of involving other players in the war.

“The close cooperation between Azerbaijan and Israel is not a secret for anyone, Israel’s role in the Karabakh conflict is not a secret for anyone, the fact that Iran’s opponents bet on Azerbaijan is a fact. It is a fact that Azerbaijani territories are being used for spying on Iran, for carrying out sabotage, and for intelligence purposes. It is also a fact that Iranians know this well. It’s no secret that Iranians are suspicious of official Baku. The combination of these facts allows us to assume that, yes, at a certain stage, Azerbaijan can become, if not a player, then a platform, and a certain punishment. bear for it, because the Iranians will not ask questions, ask, tolerate, that stage has passed. The Iranians will strike if they think there is a threat from the territory of Azerbaijan,” Juma expressed a similar opinion, continuing to note that Aliyev is still able to balance and shows caution, just like his elder brother in Ankara.

Juma noted that Tehran is extremely worried about the fact that Yerevan is deepening relations with the EU and the USA. According to him, Iran has the right to worry about that fact, because Iran is at war. Juma believes that today Iran is at war and has the right to consider projects like “Trump Road” as a component of aggression. “What does Trump’s path mean, what about Iran, what about access to Armenia, and what if it is a dual purpose route?” Maybe it’s not just about trade. And, according to you, how should Iran, which is already at war and showing its strength, respond?

Abbas Juma stated that he is not trying to predict, threaten, but, in his opinion, the deeper the relations between the enemies of Yerevan and Iran, the more questions Iran will have to Yerevan. “And when I say that Iran’s relations and approaches to its neighbors will be reviewed, it also applies to Armenia. In this situation, how will Armenia balance, frankly speaking, it is not very clear, because Iran has the right to be wary of TRIPP, everything that concerns the relations between Yerevan and Washington, Yerevan and Paris,” said the analyst.

What leverages does Iran have in this matter, Abbas Juma said that Iran has, including power leverage. “Iran is going to the bank, one could have said something before the war, and as long as Iran is in the form it is today, feeling the weight of the war, realizing that it is pointless to talk to these people, it will hit the places where, according to Tehran, the threat to the Islamic Republic is concentrated. How the current government will interpret TRIPP is hard to say. However, if RA disregards Iran’s basic principles, if there is a threat to Iran’s national security, if Iran perceives it that way, then Iranians will not sit idly by,” Juma said.

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