Iran

Former Ambassador of Iran to Baku E. Suleimani: “There can be no serious problem between Azerbaijan and Iran”

There has been tension between Azerbaijan and Iran for days. The crisis, which occurred after the emergence of Iranian trucks carrying logistics materials to the Armenian forces in the so-called Nagorno-Karabakh, could not be solved until today. The Azerbaijani side, which had previously detained some of the Iranian truck drivers, also announced that it would not allow the trucks to cross the border. While the anxious wait was continuing in the region where long truck queues had been formed, on October 20, 2020, after the consultations with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the importance of entering the Republic of Azerbaijan only through the official customs gates of the country was emphasized in the statement published by the Roads and Transport Organization of the Iranian Ministry of Roads and Urban Development.

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U.S. issues new Iran-related sanctions

The United States has issued a fresh round of Iran-related sanctions targeting four individuals and two entities linked to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a notice posted on the U.S. Treasury Department’s website on Friday showed, APA reports citing Reuters.

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