Since the trouble started brewing between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a lot of countries have tried meddling in between the two countries to solve the issue but as soon as the tensions escalated, it was only a few countries that tried diffusing the fire. Turkey, France, Russia and Germany have indirectly tried to meddle in the situation.
But among these
countries, Iran seemed to be missing. Iran is one the neighbors of these
countries, and holds the power to mediate between the two countries at war. But
it has been missing from the scene for the longest time. Only this week, the
country offered to mediate. Still, there is a problem. To mediate or promote
neutral peace dialogues, a country that is involved in the matter is required
and Iran, by no means, is that third party.
Iran is also
scared about being unintentionally involved in the tussle as one of the
ministers of the country warned the two nations that should the fighting
between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh
spread to Iranian soil, his country would react. Iran’s Interior Minister
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has made it clear that
if the situation did not improve, “we will take appropriate measures if
necessary.”
This move by Iran
has come after a missile from the combat zone hit a village in the border
region in the northwest of Iran last week. It was only this time when the
country decided to get involved in the matter and before this, it was keeping
things to itself.
Iran wants to
save its soil from any conflict that could portray the country in a bad light.
The country is home to nationals from both the countries. Though, Armenians are
comparatively less in population which is nearly 100,000 people, ‘Azeri Turks’
are in huge numbers. About 15 million of
the nationals identify themselves as this community.
Tehran is viewing
the possibility of its involvement from a distance because it serves ties with
Turkey as well as Russia. Russia on one hand can be a potential arm supplier
while Ankara is its partner in opposing the existence of Israel. In this war,
Russia has sided with Armenia while Azerbaijan has reportedly been getting
supply from the Ankara to fight war.
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