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EX IRGC COMMANDER: IRAN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN KARBAKH WAR
Iran's View
May 8 2013
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Assertions by Mohsen Rezaee, ex-commander of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps, in an interview with Sahar, the Iranian Azeri-
language TV channel, with regard to direct involvement of Iran in
the Nagomo-Karabakh war and the wide military assistance provided to
the Azerbaijan Republic caused different reactions in the Azerbaijani
media.
The Nagomo-Karabakh war, which took place from February 1988 to
March 1994 between Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Karabakh
region in western Azerbaijan, left an overall death toll of more than
22000 people.
"Many Iranians took part in the Karabakh war and in addition to the
large number of the wounded who have been transferred to Iran, many
Iranian martyrs of the Karabakh war are buried in Baku", said Mohsen
Rezaee who officially announced his candidacy for 2013 presidential
election.
Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, who was commander
of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps at the time, had "personally
issued the order to equip and train military forces of the Azerbaijan
Republic".
Many newspapers and news media in Azerbaijan like "News Meeting",
"Faktxeber", and "Haq Yolu" have quoted Mohsen Rezaee's words. Some
Azeri newspapers such as "Mosavat" have called his assertions "unreal"
and have reiterated that Iran did not provide any kind of assistance
to Baku during the Karabakh war.
"Dozens of Iranians fought along Azerbaijanis during the Karabakh war
and were martyred," Roshan Norouz Oglu, head of the non-governmental
Center for International Combat against Terrorism in the Republic of
Azerbaijan said.
"Iranian warriors entered Azerbaijan in troops and fought in different
fronts of Karabakh, aiming to help Azerbaijan Republic and defend
an Islamic country. Dozens of Iranian citizens, who had taken part
in the war between Iran and Iraq, also participated in the Karabakh
war. They were from all different Iranian ethnicities, including
Persians, Azeris, and Kurds", he added.
Due to the two wars between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the past century
- one from 1918-1921 and another from 1988-1994 - their relations,
or the lack thereof, have been shaped due to the conflict over the
Nagorno-Karabakh region. There are no diplomatic relations between the
two countries and they are still technically at war because of the
ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and dispute. In 2008, Azerbaijani
president Ilham Aliyev declared that "Nagorno Karabakh will never
be independent.
http://www.iransview.com/ex-irgc-commander-iran-directly-involved-in-karbakh-war/201/
From: Baghdasarian
Iran's View
May 8 2013
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Assertions by Mohsen Rezaee, ex-commander of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps, in an interview with Sahar, the Iranian Azeri-
language TV channel, with regard to direct involvement of Iran in
the Nagomo-Karabakh war and the wide military assistance provided to
the Azerbaijan Republic caused different reactions in the Azerbaijani
media.
The Nagomo-Karabakh war, which took place from February 1988 to
March 1994 between Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Karabakh
region in western Azerbaijan, left an overall death toll of more than
22000 people.
"Many Iranians took part in the Karabakh war and in addition to the
large number of the wounded who have been transferred to Iran, many
Iranian martyrs of the Karabakh war are buried in Baku", said Mohsen
Rezaee who officially announced his candidacy for 2013 presidential
election.
Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, who was commander
of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps at the time, had "personally
issued the order to equip and train military forces of the Azerbaijan
Republic".
Many newspapers and news media in Azerbaijan like "News Meeting",
"Faktxeber", and "Haq Yolu" have quoted Mohsen Rezaee's words. Some
Azeri newspapers such as "Mosavat" have called his assertions "unreal"
and have reiterated that Iran did not provide any kind of assistance
to Baku during the Karabakh war.
"Dozens of Iranians fought along Azerbaijanis during the Karabakh war
and were martyred," Roshan Norouz Oglu, head of the non-governmental
Center for International Combat against Terrorism in the Republic of
Azerbaijan said.
"Iranian warriors entered Azerbaijan in troops and fought in different
fronts of Karabakh, aiming to help Azerbaijan Republic and defend
an Islamic country. Dozens of Iranian citizens, who had taken part
in the war between Iran and Iraq, also participated in the Karabakh
war. They were from all different Iranian ethnicities, including
Persians, Azeris, and Kurds", he added.
Due to the two wars between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the past century
- one from 1918-1921 and another from 1988-1994 - their relations,
or the lack thereof, have been shaped due to the conflict over the
Nagorno-Karabakh region. There are no diplomatic relations between the
two countries and they are still technically at war because of the
ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and dispute. In 2008, Azerbaijani
president Ilham Aliyev declared that "Nagorno Karabakh will never
be independent.
http://www.iransview.com/ex-irgc-commander-iran-directly-involved-in-karbakh-war/201/
From: Baghdasarian