![“The necessity of Iran's escape from the Zangzor trap and the neighbor's game to disturb the historical borders/ Why Iran and Armenia should not give in to a fake corridor?/ Abbas Araghchi's difficult mission in the north of the country” [Translated]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/s452FZPdLE1UsF6prIuD7zx4V7Tt5TOV0AQB4EzbHJw-1024x632.jpg "“The necessity of Iran’s escape from the Zangzor trap and the neighbor’s game to disturb the historical borders/ Why Iran and Armenia should not give in to a fake corridor?/ Abbas Araghchi’s difficult mission in the north of the country” [Translated]")
“The necessity of Iran’s escape from the Zangzor trap and the neighbor’s game to disturb the historical borders/ Why Iran and Armenia should not give in to a fake corridor?/ Abbas Araghchi’s difficult mission in the north of the country” [Translated]
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The Zangezur Corridor is a completely fake route. The Iranian government has the right and must guard its historical borders. The construction of this Turani Corridor will ultimately not only lead to the loss of Iran’s northern corridor, but will also block the highway and the direct border between Iran and Armenia. The message of the leader of the revolution is also quite clear in this matter; Historical borders of Iran should not be touched.
>Economy 24- The eventful trip of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia to the Caucasus region and especially to Baku, although in the middle of the Ukraine war, which has now been ongoing for two years, had unexpected and important dimensions for many European countries, as well as for Iran.
>It was during this trip that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the country’s One TV channel, without using the word corridor: “We are in favor of quickly concluding a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan and removing the blockage of communications. “Unfortunately, by blocking communications from the Syunik region, Armenia is violating the agreement signed by Pashinyan, and it is difficult to understand such an approach.”
>This foreign minister is referring to the Zankezur Corridor or a new corridor called Zankezur, an issue that seems to no longer depend only on the political and geographical decisions of Yerevan and Baku, and Tehran should also enter the field of negotiations about it.
>According to Economy 24 report, it should be noted that Iran may not allow Baku or Turkey to create any new corridor, the threat that is now with Zangzor Corridor for Armenia also exists for Iran. It’s because Erdogan wants to create confusion in the public mind or maybe even excite Armenia that he is missing an opportunity. But again, the issue is that if it is about the road, this country is actually connected to Nakhchivan through Iran, and why should a new plan be created for the construction of the road or new definitions should be created in terms of customs. But what is now clear is that the corridor, as a trans-territorial definition, which is passed through the territory of Iran or Armenia, is considered detrimental to national interests and security.
>Russia’s new game
>Another important issue is that it seems that Baku and Ankara have now been able to convince Russia of the advantages of building the Zangzor Corridor for this country. Moreover, some experts believe that the current cut off of Russian gas exports to Europe and the subsequent agreement by Baku to transfer more gas to Europe make the main purpose of Putin’s trip to Baku to be economic and energy issues.
>In the meantime, the Zangzor Corridor is important for this country in the situation that Russia, like Iran, has several remaining regional corridors, but on the other hand, it damages the historical borders of Iran and Armenia, and Iran must definitely oppose this decision and the creation of a corridor.
Interesting to mention.
Iran has upped its news pieces on the issue of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, and the Zangezur corridor.
This media has published, by different Iranian news agencies as well. **And** pro-Iranian government tg channels.
https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/1256932/تغییر-موضع-روسها-در-کریدور-زنگزور-به-ضرر-ایران-لزوم-ایفای-نقش-موثر-در-تحولات-جدید-قفقاز
Many saying that Iran **needs to reevaluate its position in the caucasus** or risk losing influence and power
>In the years before the Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020), Iran relied on the Russian order and benefited from it. The changing conditions in the South Caucasus require Iran to re-evaluate how it plays in this region so that its national interests do not fall victim to the new game
As well as quoting the former Iranian ambassador of Azerbaijan:
>According to Seyed Abbas Mousavi, the former ambassador of Iran in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Baku is intelligently adjusting its relations with the main global and regional players and while maintaining its relations with the West, it has tried to be more inclined towards the East in its strategic choice, especially relations with China and Russia as well as neighbors show.
>According to him: Until a few years ago, Armenia was the anchor of Russia’s presence and influence in the Caucasus, but after Pashinyan came to power, who clearly has a western approach and, according to his statements, represents the interests of the West and NATO in the Caucasus, and the interests of the West are also in geopolitical trouble. Putting Russia in general and expelling Russia from the Caucasus in particular, Russia put closer proximity to the Republic of Azerbaijan on its agenda and overcame many past problems with this Caucasian republic in order to establish its presence and influence in the South Caucasus region. Absence or dimming of its relations with Armenia and at the same time the continuation of territorial problems with Georgia through the Republic of Azerbaijan.
https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1951199/فشار-پوتین-به-ایران-برای-گشایش-دالان-تورانی-رمزگشایی-از-سفر
Even saying that the US might not be totally opposed to a corridor now, as the situation in Gaza is interconnected. And the US might want the weakening of Armenia.
>The point to consider in understanding the politics of Russia and the United States against Iran, which seems to surprise the decision makers in Iran, is the understanding of a “network” of political and geopolitical interests. In other words, the Zangzor issue cannot be evaluated separately from the West’s challenge with Russia over Ukraine, just as the Zangzor issue cannot be evaluated in isolation from Russia’s opinion in the Security Council on the Gaza war issue. In such a complex situation, if the Iranian policy maker’s understanding is traditional and “merely” based on the “classical realism” approach and not based on the “structuralist” approach, he will not be able to analyze the game conditions.
https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1951407/تهدیدی-علیه-مرزهای-جغرافیایی-چرا-گشایش-کریدور-زنگزور-خط-قرمز
As well as the Israeli factor:
>In the past two years, Baku has provided Israel with a part of its liberated areas in the war, which was near Iran’s borders, and they are actually organizing security activities against Iran under the guise of creating smart villages or cultural settlements. As a result, relations between Azerbaijan and Israel are significantly intertwined, and it has made Iran extremely sensitive to these relations and Israel’s influence in the northwestern borders. In such a situation, Iran interprets the developments in the South Caucasus after the second Karabakh war, in addition to a threat to its mid-term and long-term geopolitical and geoeconomic interests, as well as a threat to the country’s national security.
And the fact that political opinion is clear against the project:
>In the meantime, **the Republic of Azerbaijan is aware that despite the differences of opinion between the various political factions of the country regarding some issues related to the Republic of Azerbaijan, a unity has been formed between the military and political forces of Iran over the issue of the Zangzor Corridor, which is very serious.** The authorities of our country have a common opinion on this issue that they will not allow the construction of this corridor in the sense of giving land to Azerbaijan and cutting the border between Iran and Armenia. What **if Russia and the Republic of Azerbaijan are aware of the intelligence in understanding Iran’s internal politics, they will understand that the recent presidential elections in Iran have added to the strengthening of Iran’s internal power and the idea of changing Iran’s borders is a national red line regardless of political issues in Iran**. The majority of the people support the armed forces and the diplomatic apparatus of the Islamic Republic
How Azerbaijan thinks they can have a customs free corridor is just bizarre. Who has that kind of agreement with a sovereign neighbor that isn’t part of a customs union?
So why is Azerbaijan doing all this construction including roads and railroads on their side of the “corridor” if they didn’t think they were going to get it?
What’s our side doing other than saying once in a while that we reject any corridors?
Whatever you might think about Iran, but we together with them must oppose any threat coming from those bloody Panturanists and their made-up “corridor” project at any cost.
All mentioned apart, and objectively, i feel like the US was somewhat not that opposed to the corridor in the early stages, with my hypothesis that Azerbaijan, and partly Turkey, played a role in convincing the US that “hey this is a good thing, we will cut off Iran from the north to your and Israel’s favor” and US silently jumping on the bandwagon. I remember their silence the first two years up until September 2022, though i can’t say what exactly convinced the US to change stance a bit, i would say based on my hypothesis they got some guarantees from Armenia and saw too much shit coming out of Baku.