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IRAN AND ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN DIPLOMACY

IRAN AND ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN DIPLOMACY

In his latest commentary for the UAE-based “The National” published on 5 September, RSC Director Richard Giragosian offered an assessment of the impact on Iran from recent developments in Armenian-Azerbaijani diplomacy. Entitled, “How Iran lost out in the Armenia and Azerbaijan peace deal,” Giragosian noted that “when the White House hosted a breakthrough Armenia-Azerbaijan summit last month, much of the focus was on Russia’s notable absence.

Yet it is the effect on neighboring Iran that is a more significant development and one that has much wider repercussions.” More specifically, he argued, “the signing of an ambitious agreement committing Yerevan and Baku to establish a new road and rail transit network signals the marginalization of Tehran.”

https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/2025/09/05/iran-armenia-azerbaijan-us-middle-east/