THE WORLD
IN THE MIDDLE OF WAR
Iran’s reaction to the Four-Day War and the factor of its ethnic Azeris
It is traditionally said that Armenia and neighbouring Iran maintain good relations and that Tehran is sticking to a policy of neutrality in the Karabakh conflict, regardless of its huge Azeri ethnic minority and the official rhetoric of Islamic consolidation. Tehran, since the start of the conflict in the early 1990’s has repeatedly made offers of mediation, which however, are of little effect, due to the sceptical attitude of other regional and global players, including Russia and of course the USA who are unanimous in keeping Iran’s influence as limited as possible in the Caucasus
08.02.2017