AZE.US Prominent Azerbaijani lawyer Akram Hasanov has weighed in on the debate over how Azerbaijan should view Iran as war and instability continue to shake the Islamic Republic. In a lengthy public commentary, Hasanov argued that describing Iran as either a clear friend or an outright enemy of Azerbaijan oversimplifies a far more complicated reality. … Read more
AZE.US The war around Iran widened further on March 29, as military escalation, oil market panic and last-minute diplomacy all intensified at once. Reporting from Reuters suggests the conflict is no longer defined only by direct strikes and missile exchanges involving Iran, Israel and the United States. It is now spreading across multiple regional fronts … Read more
AZE.US Azerbaijani lawyer Akram Hasanov says the fourth week of the war against Iran ended without the outcome its opponents were likely counting on. Despite the loss of senior officials and significant damage to its resources, the Iranian regime did not collapse. More than that, Hasanov argues, Tehran managed to deliver serious strikes against both … Read more
AZE.US A direct clash between Iran and the Gulf monarchies is one of the scenarios that could emerge from the current war, according to former Azerbaijani foreign minister Tofig Zulfugarov, who argues that a lasting diplomatic settlement remains highly unlikely. In his reading, the most that might be achievable in the near term is some … Read more
AZE.US The United States and Israel are pursuing different goals in the Iran crisis, according to Natig Jafarli, chairman of Azerbaijan’s REAL party, who argues that much of the public debate around the war is being shaped by oversimplified and often misleading narratives. In Jafarli’s reading, one of the most dangerous features of the current … Read more
AZE.US A delegation of Russian State Duma lawmakers has arrived in Washington for the first such visit in years, opening a new and politically sensitive channel between the United States and Russia at a time when the war in Ukraine remains unresolved and the wider geopolitical picture is growing more unstable. Reuters reported on March … Read more
AZE.US The crisis around Iran can no longer be described with the old, familiar phrase that “tensions remain high.” That language now feels too soft for what is actually unfolding. The confrontation has entered a more dangerous phase: President Donald Trump is publicly warning Tehran to accept a deal or face continued strikes, Iran is … Read more
AZE.US The killing of Ali Larijani, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary and one of the country’s most important power brokers, has sharply narrowed Tehran’s political room for maneuver. Iranian authorities confirmed his death after an Israeli strike, while Reuters reported that his loss has complicated decision-making inside the Iranian system at a critical moment … Read more
AZE.US The death of Ali Larijani may mark the end of one phase of the U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran and open a more dangerous period of internal instability, Azerbaijani political analyst Farhad Mammadov said, arguing that Tehran now faces growing pressure not only from outside but also from within. As reported by Vesti Baku, Mammadov, … Read more
AZE.US The war in the Middle East is no longer just a distant military crisis for the South Caucasus. It is beginning to cast a shadow over major economic and transit plans that were supposed to redefine the region’s future. Among them is the TRIPP route – a project increasingly presented as a strategic corridor … Read more