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U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Iran as Tehran Eases Some Hormuz Restrictions

AZE.US The United States increased pressure on Iran over the Strait of Hormuz in the past several hours, even as Tehran moved to selectively soften...

From Tabriz To Tehran, Hamid Herischi Describes Iran At War

AZE.US Writer Hamid Herischi, who followed the war in Iran from Tabriz, has described a city where conflict is felt first in the sky. In an...

Russia Is Moving Onto The Offensive In The South Caucasus, Aliyev Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani journalist Arif Aliyev said Russia has moved to a more open and aggressive phase of pressure on Armenia, arguing that recent remarks by...

Azerbaijanis Grow Roses In Ecuador But Cannot Profit From It At Home, Jafarli Says

AZE.US REAL party chairman Natig Jafarli has questioned why Azerbaijanis who are reportedly able to build a flower business in Ecuador cannot do the same...

Azerbaijani Lawmakers Criticized For Focusing On Symbolic Issues Instead Of Public Concerns

AZE.US A sharp on-air rebuke of Azerbaijani lawmakers has triggered broader discussion over whether parliament is losing touch with the country’s real problems after MP...

Karabakh Issue Is Reappearing in Armenian Politics Before Elections

AZE.US Baku-based political analyst Farhad Mammadov said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s visit to Moscow was not a routine diplomatic stop, but part of a...

Putin-Pashinyan Meeting Was a Performance by Old Allies, Zulfugarov Says

AZE.US Former Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Tofig Zulfugarov has dismissed the latest meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as political...

Ilham Aliyev Responds To Iranian President’s Thanks

AZE.US Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has responded to words of gratitude expressed by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian over Azerbaijan’s support for Iran. The statement published on...

Pashinyan-Putin Meeting Exposed New Risks For Azerbaijan, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political commentator Ilgar Mammadov said the recent meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed potential new risks...

Russia Is Hitting Armenia And Azerbaijan At The Same Time, Namazov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Eldar Namazov said Russia is effectively putting pressure on both Armenia and Azerbaijan at the same time, arguing that Moscow is...

After The Military Phase, Iran May Enter A Deep Internal Crisis

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Eldar Namazov said the war around Iran could move into a far more dangerous stage after the military phase ends, with...

Pezeshkian Called Aliyev and Thanked Him for Aid to Iran

AZE.US Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on April 2 and thanked him for Azerbaijan’s humanitarian assistance to Iran. According to Report, citing...

Turkey Does Not Want Iran To Break Apart, But Sees Its Weakening As Beneficial

AZE.US Turkey is not seeking the disintegration of Iran, but it does view Iran’s weakening as a favorable outcome, political analyst Rizvan Huseynov said in...

Pashinyan Heads Into Elections Amid Harsh Internal Confrontation

AZE.US Armenia is heading toward its June 7, 2026 parliamentary election in an atmosphere of sharp internal confrontation, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan entering the...

US May Have Lost $5 Billion In Military Hardware In One Month Of War – Anadolu

AZE.US The United States may have lost military hardware worth nearly $5 billion during the first month of the war with Iran, according to an...

Iran Plays The Hormuz Card, But May End Up Hitting Itself

AZE.US REAL party chairman Natig Jafarli says Iran’s attempt to use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage may work during wartime, but could quickly turn...

Officials Do Not Understand How People Live On 300-500 Manats A Month, Agazade Says

AZE.US A new public row over wages and inequality has erupted in Azerbaijan after controversial remarks by MP Seyyad Aran triggered criticism and demands for...

Trump Moves Toward The Final Phase Of The Iran War

AZE.US A month into the war with Iran, the central illusion has collapsed: this was never going to end with a quick, clean declaration of...

108 Years Since the Genocide of Azerbaijanis

AZE.US Azerbaijan on March 31 marks 108 years since the mass killings of Azerbaijanis in 1918, events that are officially recognized in the country as...

Baku Discusses Escalation With Tehran, Condemns Missile Launch Toward Turkey

AZE.US Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov spoke by phone on March 30 with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi as the regional situation continued to...

Regional Powers Have Started “Their Own Game” Amid Iran War, Velizade Says

AZE.US The war in Iran has triggered regional dynamics that would have seemed unlikely not long ago, political analyst Ilgar Velizade wrote in a Facebook...

Iran Is Neither A Friend Nor An Enemy For Azerbaijan Right Now, Lawyer Says

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...

War With Iran Has Weakened Israel’s Security, Guseynov Says

AZE.US The military campaign against Iran has not made Israel safer and has instead deepened the region’s instability, political analyst Rizvan Guseynov said in comments...

Iran War Widens as Houthis Open New Front and Pakistan Pushes Diplomacy

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...

Azerbaijan Wishes Iran A Swift Return To Peace And Stability

AZE.US Azerbaijan has expressed hope for a quick return of peace and stability in Iran after an exchange of public messages between the two countries’...

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