Iran asks Armenia and Azerbaijan for an agreement and says that “it will not tolerate changes in the borders”

He warns that if the US or Israel “make a mistake” there will be “a decisive and devastating response”

Sep. 22 () –

The Iranian Army has demanded that Armenia and Azerbaijan resolve their disputes through peaceful means and has stressed that Tehran “will not tolerate changes in the borders in the region”, after the recent clashes between the two countries.

The chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Mohamad Hossein Baqueri, has stressed that Iran “is opposed to all war” and that “it will not remain silent”, according to the Iranian news agency Mehr.

Likewise, he has warned the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf in the face of Israel’s activities in the region and has stressed that “if Iran feels a threat, it will respond against the elements of the Zionist regime and those who support it.” In this sense, he has reiterated that the United States and Israel “threaten security in the region” and has stated that “if they make a mistake, the Iranian Armed Forces will give a decisive and devastating response.”

During the day this Thursday, the Azeri Ministry of Defense has denounced in a statement published on its website a “provocation” by the Armenian Army in the direction of the Kalbajar region, before stressing that this “attempt” has been “suppressed “.

Thus, it has indicated that the Armenian forces “used large-caliber weapons, grenade launchers and mortars” against Azeri Army positions in Kalbajar and added that “an Armenian Army sabotage group tried to assault a unit” with the use of mines.

“It should be noted that the Armenian side, by disseminating disinformation about alleged shootings by the Azerbaijani Army on September 21, tried to pave the way for provocation,” he stressed, while accusing Yerevan of any outbreak of new fighting. .

The Armenian Ministry of Defense had denounced on Wednesday a soldier wounded by shots fired by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces against military positions on the border. “The enemy shots were stopped by response actions,” he settled.

The governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire last week after the latest clashes on the border, which left more than 200 dead. The fighting is the most serious since 2020, when they clashed over control of Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory with a majority Armenian population that has been a focus of conflict since it decided to separate in 1988 from the Azerbaijan region integrated into the Soviet Union.

These clashes ceased when the two countries reached a ceasefire agreement mediated by Russia, allowing Russian peacekeepers to settle in Nagorno-Karabakh for a period of five years.