— 🇮🇷/🇦🇿/🇦🇲 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Nasser Kanaani:

"We are in contact with both Armenia and Azerbaijan. On the one hand, Armenia expressed to us its concerns over a possible military escalation by the Republic of Azerbaijan. On the other hand, Baku sent us messages indicating that they have no intention of carrying out any military operation, and that the military movements are part of routine movements carried out near the winter time."

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— 🇮🇷/🇦🇿/🇦🇲 Like I said, Iran will not intervene in this conflict as long as there is no Zangezur corridor in the making

Iran sees no need, neither from a national security perspective nor from a moral or legal perspective, to directly aid Armenia in a war fought over Karabakh, which Iran considers rightful Azerbaijani land.

In the best case scenario for Armenia, Iran could provide some limited military aid in the form of intelligence or possibly some armaments if they're lucky.

However, the only thing that would get Iran to directly and openly intervene against Azerbaijan, is an Azerbaijani offensive with the aim of connecting Nakhchivan to Azerbaijan proper. The zangezur corridor will get Iran into this fight, nothing else.

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Head of Israel's National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi: If Iran actively enriches uranium above 60%, Israel will have no choice but to take action

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— Iran already enriching above 60% btw, so I don't know what they mean by "actively"

— 🇱🇧 BREAKING: Three large explosions heard in Bint Jbeil, Southern Lebanon

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— 🇦🇿/🇦🇲 JUST IN: President Ilham Aliyev posed with a map of Azerbaijan including the Zangezur corridor depicted as Azeri territory

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— Apparently, old picture

— 🇮🇷/🇸🇾 EXCLUSIVE: According to well-informed sources, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic are considering signing a mutual defense treaty

This is a major development, which would transform the Axis of Resistance from an informal ideological alliance to a formal military alliance, similar to NATO or CSTO.

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— This is not a done deal yet, but officials have been talking about it behind the scenes for months

— 🇦🇲/🇦🇿 According to Baku, forces of the Artsakh Defense Army sent a dog with an IED on its neck to the Azerbaijani line of contact

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit has been sent to dismantle the device and will deal with the situation.

Artsakh authorities called the allegation "absurd" and "propaganda".

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— Whether this is real or not, what kind of sick person uses a dog to carry explosives?

— 🇹🇷/🇦🇲 JUST IN: Turkish President Erdogan held a phone call with the PM of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan

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— The content of the phone call was just the usual 'we support long lasting peace and diplomacy' blah blah blah

— 🇮🇷/🇦🇿 JUST IN: Iran and Azerbaijan signed a joint document to deepen military & defense cooperation and to improve bilateral relations between the two countries

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— Ngl, they could have chosen a better moment to do this.

— I think, if Armenia was not so desperate for Western help, Iran might have been more inclined to take Armenia's side

Pashinyan has been kissing the feet of the United States and other Western powers for the past few years, so he should not be disapppointed when his old allies and friends, such as Russia and Iran, do not support him anymore.

Iran is not completely on Azerbaijan's side, don't get me wrong. Zangezur corridor is still a red line for Iran. But it seems very unlikely that Armenia can count Iran among its loyal allies anytime soon.

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 BREAKING: The Biden administration has agreed to issue sanctions waivers for international banks to transfer $6 billion dollars of frozen funds to Iran

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 This is related to the prisoner exchange deal that was reached between Iran and the US

In exchange for the unobstructed transfer of $6 billion dollars of frozen Iranian funds held in South Korea, Iran will facilitate the release of five American citizens that are currently detained in Iranian prisons.

The United States will also release five Iranian citizens accused of espionage, who are currently under federal arrest.

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 Iran - US prisoner deal details:

• $6 billion dollars worth of frozen Iranian funds in South Korea will be transfered to Iran through Qatar

• The United States guarantees the unobstructed transfer of the money by issuing a sanctions waiver for all international banks

• Iran will release five American prisoners held in Iranian prisons for political crimes (i.e. espionage)

• The United States will release five Iranian citizens held in US jails over espionage charges

• Iran agrees to temporarily decrease the production and stockpiles of uranium enriched above 60%

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