
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan extends COVID land-border closure until summer 2026
The land border has been closed since 2020.

The land border has been closed since 2020.

Azerbaijan national Azad Mammadli was also convicted in the case and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The two leaders released a 15-point joint statement that highlighted Azerbaijan–EU cooperation.

Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Khalil Shirgholami also claimed, without citing evidence, that Israeli intelligence is operating from Azerbaijan.

There has been increasing speculation in recent days that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is at odds with more hardline figures in government.

The accusations came just days after Iranian drones struck the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, injuring at least four people.