Iran, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan have signed a trilateral gas swap deal for up to 2 billion cubic meters per year, Iranian media reported.
Azerbaijan Events
Iran forms new IRGC-backed armed militia in Azerbaijan
Amid the growing tensions between Iran and neighboring Azerbaijan, several accounts on social media belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that a newly-announced “resistance” faction has emerged in the Republic of Azerbaijan, called the Huseynyun.
Drones main pillar of Iranian Quds Force’s overseas ops
The Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), responsible for Iran’s controversial operations abroad, is increasingly using drones as the main means for carrying out airstrikes and supplying proxies, an exiled opposition group said Wednesday.
Khamenei sends free fuel to IRGC-backed Hezbollah ignoring crisis in Iran
On Khamenei’s orders, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has continued to send free shipments of fuel to its proxy group Hezbollah since last month and promised to send more shipments to its armed group in Lebanon in the coming days.
Israel said to alert embassies worldwide of possible Iran threats
Israel has warned its missions around the world of a possible Iranian terror threat, a television report claimed on Wednesday, following the arrest of an Azeri national over an alleged plot to assassinate one or more Israeli businesspeople in Cyprus.
Is Iran threatening Azerbaijan over Israel ties
Iran’s media has begun to up the rhetoric against Azerbaijan, with a headline claiming that Baku has “denied the presence of the Zionist regime near the border with Iran,” a claim that appears to contrast with its insinuation that Israel’s close relationship with Azerbaijan is a threat to Tehran.
Iran warns against redrawing South Caucasus borders
Iran strongly opposes any redrawing of borders in the South Caucasus, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said after meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday.
Azerbaijan shuts office and mosque linked to Iranian Supreme Leader Amid Tensions
Azerbaijan has closed a mosque and an office linked to Iran’s supreme leader in Baku just days after Tehran held military maneuvers close to the two countries’ common border.
Tensions grow with Azerbaijan as Iran moves military forces to border
Tensions spiked between Azerbaijan and Iran in recent weeks after Azerbaijan began targeting Iranian trucks with fines and arrests, and Iran moved military forces to its border with Azerbaijan and warned against Israeli influence near its borders.
Iran contracts mercenaries to eliminate Israelis in Cyprus
Cypriot authorities detain a suspect found to be in possession of a handgun with a silencer, and said to be casing the office building of a businessman based in Nicosia.
Moscow hosts Cooperation between Russia Azerbaijan and Iran in Caspian Sea
An international round table entitled “Cooperation between Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran in the Caspian Sea. Industrial cooperation and transit potential”, organized by the North-South Political Science Center jointly with the Baku Network Center for International Politics and Security, was held in Moscow on Sept.28, Trend reports.
