
What recent Baku–Tehran tensions reveal about Iranian Azerbaijan
Tehran is cautious of alienating its largest ethnic minority, leaving Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in crisis mode.

Tehran is cautious of alienating its largest ethnic minority, leaving Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in crisis mode.

The aid comes after Azerbaijan said Iran had attacked its exclave of Nakhchivan with drones.

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

Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, after his assassination.

Most of the inmates implicated in the Iranian terrorist plot against the BTC pipeline have a history of drug-related arrests.

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.