Particulars have emerged about unknown Iranians who not too long ago entered Azerbaijani territories quickly monitored by the Russian peacekeepers.
In response to knowledge obtained by the Baku-based information service Qafqazinfo, the unlawful guests have been residents of the Islamic Republic of Iran. They handed via the checkpoint put in by the Russian peacekeeping mission within the Karabakh (Garabagh) area of Azerbaijan on November 24.
A Mercedes-Benz automotive with a license quantity “34-QA-444” carried about 14 folks from Iran to the Karabakh area, 12 of which have been from the nation’s southwestern metropolis of Izhe within the Khuzestan area, which is thought for its ethnic variety and inhabited by many alternative ethnic minorities, together with Armenians.
Qafqazinfo has been wanting into the attainable causes for the unlawful secret arrival of unknown individuals from Iran within the Karabakh area. In response to the information, they have been despatched to conduct sabotage and terrorist workouts for armed Armenian gangs who’re nonetheless current within the Azerbaijani territories quickly monitored by the Russian peacekeepers.
Moreover, they’re believed to have been tasked with coaching the identical legal teams to make use of Iranian-made ammunition.
Given the studies in regards to the presence of a secret base of the Iranian particular companies in Izhe metropolis, the guests are believed to be particular service members specialised in organizing terrorist sabotage.
The unlawful arrival of Iranian residents within the Karabakh area has as soon as once more raised questions in regards to the position of the Russian peacekeepers within the Azerbaijani territories. The unlawful entry of foreigners into Azerbaijani territory and the distortion of authentic Azerbaijani toponyms within the Karabakh area have occurred on the watch of the peacekeepers.
The Ministry of Protection of Azerbaijan addressed the matter via a number of statements on November 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 warning towards the distortion of Azerbaijani toponyms within the Karabakh area by the Russian peacekeepers. Nevertheless, the appeals have been to no avail because the peacekeepers as soon as once more used fictitious Armenian names for the Azerbaijani settlements, Aghdara and Khojavand on Wednesday.
Iran’s Rising Enmity with Azerbaijan
The current unlawful switch of Iranian residents to the Karabakh area is nothing new in Iran’s periodically rising hostile coverage towards Azerbaijan. Tensions between the 2 neighboring Caspian littoral states have been on the rise for the reason that 2020 Second Karabakh Warfare between Azerbaijan and Armenia. On account of the conflict, Azerbaijan liberated its territories from almost three a long time of unlawful Armenian occupation, together with these on the southern border with Iran. Since then Tehran has not been refraining from direct and oblique makes an attempt to problem the South Caucasus nation.
In 2021, Azerbaijani media reported that through the 2020 conflict, Azerbaijan forces advancing towards Zangilan, encountered an Iranian unit that had crossed the border and blocked the street. Again then the authorities of the Islamic Republic claimed that the troops have been deployed there “to safeguard” the Khudafarin dam on the Araz River, which runs alongside the Iranian-Azerbaijani border. After a day of negotiations, the Iranian navy left the territory of Azerbaijan, however throughout this time the Armenian forces managed to regroup.
Tensions between Baku and Tehran escalated in August 2021 over unlawful journeys by Iranian lorries to sure components of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh area, the place Russian peacekeepers are quickly deployed. Consequently, Azerbaijan’s customs officers started gathering charges from Iranian cargo lorries to make use of the Azerbaijani part of the street between Armenia’s cities of Gafan and Gorus. In response to this, Iran kicked off navy drills on the border with Azerbaijan and accused Baku of permitting Israeli forces on Azerbaijani soil.
In October, Tehran performed large-scale navy drills within the nation’s northwestern areas alongside the Araz River on the border with Azerbaijan. 4 days earlier, on October 15, in a phone dialog together with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov, Iranian International Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed Tehran’s concern over the presence of “overseas forces” within the Caucasus.
In the meantime, on November 1 the State Safety Service of Azerbaijan uncovered a clandestine group of Azerbaijani residents that have been illegally concerned in navy workouts exterior the nation underneath direct financing and steerage by the Iranian particular companies. On November 15, the State Safety Service uncovered a spy community in Azerbaijan created by the particular companies of Iran. In response to the knowledge, the Iranian particular companies have recruited Azerbaijani residents on a paid foundation to gather knowledge about Azerbaijan’s oil and fuel pipelines, the storage areas of the drones, tanks, and different armored gear of the Azerbaijani military and State Border Service, political processes, navy models, their areas, and assignments within the nation and extra.
Moreover, not too long ago, the Iranian hacker group “Black Rewards” has revealed paperwork associated to the Islamic Tradition and Relations Group of Iran, together with papers of financial institution funds to the accounts of Tehran’s brokers in Azerbaijan. In response to the leaked paperwork, in January and March 2022, funds value €47,158 and €75,000 have been made to financial institution accounts in Baku and €15,083 and €30,000 to these in Nakhchivan. In April 2022, €40,000 extra have been transferred to a checking account in Baku. All transfers have been reportedly made out of the Nationwide Financial institution of Iran.
