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IRAN'S RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA ARE SO INTIMATE AND ADVANCING ON A POSITIVE COURSE THAT COMMENTS ARE UNNECESSARY
Karine Ter-Sahakyan
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 31, 2011
Tehran knows it perfectly well that except for Christian Armenia she
has almost no allies in the region. Similarly, Armenia, pressed on
all sides, has one reliable path and that is through Iran.
Iran is a country very sensitive and very easy to ruin a relationship
with, if accents set wrong. Everything that is written or said about
Iran is more desirable rather than real. According to a number of
analysts, it is not necessary that recent developments in domestic
policy of the country stand the way they are reported by the media.
No one can say what is indeed going on between the clerics and secular
power in Iran, as the information received can be neither confirmed
nor denied. As for the upcoming visit of Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad to Armenia, most likely it is called to eliminate the
concerns of Yerevan regarding the role of Iran in the settlement of
the Karabakh conflict and to confirm energy cooperation. The visit
will also be evidence for the normal political situation in Iran.
According to Director of Political and Social Research Institute for
Black Sea-Caspian Region, Vladimir Zakharov, serious changes are taking
place in Iran. "A number of political figures in the country understood
that Islamic Iran cannot exist without strict religious control. It
can be supported by the clergy only, but that is not characteristic
of the XXI century. This is the reason for the confrontation between
civil and religious societies," the expert said.
Zakharov noted that young people don't reject faith, they "wouldn't
even think of it", but Iranian youth want to live the way their
Western peers do. "It is almost impossible to predict the results of
this confrontation. Besides, there is also the conflict with the U.S.,
the West and a number of Arabian countries. Iran clearly comprehends
that American aggression would lead to undesirable consequences,"
Zakharov stressed.
Nevertheless, we can make some more assumptions and we'll get the
following picture. After "revelations" of representative of the
spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyed Ameli "Behind the scenes of
Iran-Azerbaijan confrontation" there continue the raging disputes in
Azerbaijan. Ameli's remarks caused quite a sharp estimate in Armenia.
Let us recall that in early May imam Ameli had made a statement
that in the Karabakh conflict Iranians, Afghans and Turks fought on
the side of Azerbaijan. His words were confirmed by former Deputy
Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, brother of late commander
of the Azerbaijani Special Police Unit Rovshan Javadov, political
emigre exiled to Austria, statesman Mahir Javadov. He affirms that
presidents of Azerbaijan Elchibey and Heydar Aliyev did not give Iran
an opportunity to assist Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue.
Armenian-Iranian relations are so intimate and advancing on a
positive course that the only source of this kind of information
could be Azerbaijan. Neither should it be excluded that imam Ameli
is an ethnic Azeri. However, imam's provocation failed, and tension
between Azerbaijan and Iran continues unabated.
Imam Ameli also stated that Iran provided logistical support
in bringing thousands of Afghan soldiers to frontline to support
Azeri side, if necessary. "Iran supplied arms and ammunition not to
Armenians, but to our Azeri brethren. Our bases of military training
were located not in Armenia, but in Azerbaijan. Today there live
thousands of witnesses in Azerbaijan, who can prove my words. They
are alive, and having at least a grain of conscience, they can confirm
my words," declared Ayatollah Seyed Hasan Ameli.
All this smacks of a "leak" of information from Baku, but in no way
can it affect the Armenian-Iranian relations. Tehran knows it perfectly
well that except for Christian Armenia she has almost no allies in the
region. Similarly, Armenia, pressed on all sides, has one reliable
path and that is through Iran. It is also through Iran that Armenia
may gain access to warm seas and not depend on the whims of Georgia.
From: Baghdasarian
Karine Ter-Sahakyan
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 31, 2011
Tehran knows it perfectly well that except for Christian Armenia she
has almost no allies in the region. Similarly, Armenia, pressed on
all sides, has one reliable path and that is through Iran.
Iran is a country very sensitive and very easy to ruin a relationship
with, if accents set wrong. Everything that is written or said about
Iran is more desirable rather than real. According to a number of
analysts, it is not necessary that recent developments in domestic
policy of the country stand the way they are reported by the media.
No one can say what is indeed going on between the clerics and secular
power in Iran, as the information received can be neither confirmed
nor denied. As for the upcoming visit of Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad to Armenia, most likely it is called to eliminate the
concerns of Yerevan regarding the role of Iran in the settlement of
the Karabakh conflict and to confirm energy cooperation. The visit
will also be evidence for the normal political situation in Iran.
According to Director of Political and Social Research Institute for
Black Sea-Caspian Region, Vladimir Zakharov, serious changes are taking
place in Iran. "A number of political figures in the country understood
that Islamic Iran cannot exist without strict religious control. It
can be supported by the clergy only, but that is not characteristic
of the XXI century. This is the reason for the confrontation between
civil and religious societies," the expert said.
Zakharov noted that young people don't reject faith, they "wouldn't
even think of it", but Iranian youth want to live the way their
Western peers do. "It is almost impossible to predict the results of
this confrontation. Besides, there is also the conflict with the U.S.,
the West and a number of Arabian countries. Iran clearly comprehends
that American aggression would lead to undesirable consequences,"
Zakharov stressed.
Nevertheless, we can make some more assumptions and we'll get the
following picture. After "revelations" of representative of the
spiritual leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyed Ameli "Behind the scenes of
Iran-Azerbaijan confrontation" there continue the raging disputes in
Azerbaijan. Ameli's remarks caused quite a sharp estimate in Armenia.
Let us recall that in early May imam Ameli had made a statement
that in the Karabakh conflict Iranians, Afghans and Turks fought on
the side of Azerbaijan. His words were confirmed by former Deputy
Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, brother of late commander
of the Azerbaijani Special Police Unit Rovshan Javadov, political
emigre exiled to Austria, statesman Mahir Javadov. He affirms that
presidents of Azerbaijan Elchibey and Heydar Aliyev did not give Iran
an opportunity to assist Azerbaijan in the Karabakh issue.
Armenian-Iranian relations are so intimate and advancing on a
positive course that the only source of this kind of information
could be Azerbaijan. Neither should it be excluded that imam Ameli
is an ethnic Azeri. However, imam's provocation failed, and tension
between Azerbaijan and Iran continues unabated.
Imam Ameli also stated that Iran provided logistical support
in bringing thousands of Afghan soldiers to frontline to support
Azeri side, if necessary. "Iran supplied arms and ammunition not to
Armenians, but to our Azeri brethren. Our bases of military training
were located not in Armenia, but in Azerbaijan. Today there live
thousands of witnesses in Azerbaijan, who can prove my words. They
are alive, and having at least a grain of conscience, they can confirm
my words," declared Ayatollah Seyed Hasan Ameli.
All this smacks of a "leak" of information from Baku, but in no way
can it affect the Armenian-Iranian relations. Tehran knows it perfectly
well that except for Christian Armenia she has almost no allies in the
region. Similarly, Armenia, pressed on all sides, has one reliable
path and that is through Iran. It is also through Iran that Armenia
may gain access to warm seas and not depend on the whims of Georgia.
From: Baghdasarian