For days, the main news in Iran has been the war in Karabakh. The Iranian government has said it wants the parties to end the war diplomatically. However, the images shared on social media, in particular, showed a large number of war vehicles being transported from Iran to Armenia. These images spread from Anzali to Astara and East Azerbaijan. After several days of silence, the Iranian authorities clarified the issue.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman claimed that no weapons from Iranian soil had been sent to Armenia. Earlier, Aliyar Rastgu, the deputy governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province, told IRNA that “there are trucks that Armenia bought from Russia and in a few days they went to Armenia from the Norduz border gate.” Thus, the images shared on social media turned out to be true. It is also clear from the footage that Russian trucks can be used mainly for regular purposes, and it is clear how much Armenia, which is at war, will benefit from this.
At the same time, the Friday Imams, who repeated Ali Khamenei’s sentence “Karabakh is the Land of Islam,” tried to appease the protests of Azerbaijanis. They also tried to exert their influence on the Shiite population in the Republic of Azerbaijan, and for this purpose they tried to pursue a two-sided policy.
However, the tweet by former opposition MP Ali Mutahhari about Karabakh is extremely important. Mutahhari’s tweet also called on the Iranian Foreign Ministry not to place anyone next to Armenia today, given their pre-ethnic feelings. Mutahari called Iran’s diplomatic efforts insufficient and called on Iran to stand by its rightful side and Azerbaijan. Ali Mutahhari openly said that Iran was helping Armenia and also exposed what he was doing for Azerbaijanis in Iran.
Everything is clear that Iran is openly in front of Azerbaijan and next to Armenia. However, this will cause the Iranian Turks to wake up and protest in a serious way. Just as the calls spread on social media, the nation is expected to protest tonight at 22:00 Tabriz time. According to the report, a slogan on Karabakh will be chanted in Iran tonight at 10 o’clock and Iran’s aid to Armenia will be condemned.
