Nagorno-Karabakh

80% of peace treaty with Armenia agreed: Azerbaijani pres.

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Azerbaijan and Armenia have already reached an agreement on nearly 80% of the peace treaty text, the Azerbaijani president said on Friday.

Growing arms race btw. Yerevan, Baku concern for peace talks

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – Concerns have increased about Azerbaijan and Armenia entering into an arms race that could undermine peace talks and start a new conflict.

Azerbaijan reacts negatively to Erdogan’s remarks on Karabakh

TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) – Following the remarks of Turkish President Erdogan on Turkey's involvement in liberating lands of Republic of Azerbaijan in recent Nagorno-Karabakh war, a military source in Baku denied the remarks without pointing to Erdogan.

US plans to provide Armenia with $65 million in financial aid

TEHRAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) – The US Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a Foreign Operations Bill for the 2025 fiscal year, which includes a $65 million aid package for Armenia.

Azerbaijan, Armenia dialogue attempt fails at UK summit

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – A UK-planned meeting between Aliyev and Pashinyan failed to take place, once again drawing out the odds of a signed peace treaty to end the ex-Soviet rivals’ decadeslong conflict for good

Russian Peacekeepers Complete Withdrawal from Nagorno-Karabak

TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – Russian peacekeepers on Wednesday completed their withdrawal from Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Baku recaptured last year from Armenian separatists, officials in Baku said.

Kremlin:

Russian Peacekeepers Withdrawing From Nagorno-Karabakh

TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – The Kremlin confirmed Azerbaijani media reports on Wednesday that Russian peacekeepers have started withdrawing from Nagorno-Karabakh after Baku's forces seized the disputed region from Armenian separatists last year. 

Pashinyan:

Armenia does not recognize Karabakh government in exile

TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) – Statements that the so-called government-in-exile of the unrecognized Karabakh Republic is operating in Armenia are a threat to national security, official Yerevan does not recognize such a structure, Nikol Pashinyan said.

Envoy to Armenia:

Iran stresses respecting internationally-recognized borders

TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) – Mehdi Sobhani, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Armenia, said on Saturday Iran stresses the need to respect the territorial integrity of countries in the region.

Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange prisoners at border

TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) – Armenia and Azerbaijan have traded prisoners of war at their border in a step towards normalizing their relations.

Turkey warns Armenia of West's arms deliveries

TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – Armenia should work with Turkey and Azerbaijan to build peace instead of looking to the West for weapons and training, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday in a thinly veiled criticism of the US and France.

Azerbaijani president:

Issue of Karabakh conflict completely settled

TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has stated that the subject of the Karabakh conflict is finally closed.

Iran calls for establishing peace, security in Caucasus

TEHRAN, Oct. 05 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called for establishing peace and security in the Caucasus region and removing the tensions.

Iranian envoy, Aliyev's special representative discuss ties

TEHRAN, Sep. 30 (MNA) – The Iranian ambassador to Baku in a meeting with the representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on special assignments Khalaf Khalafov discussed the bilateral relations between Tehran and Baku.

Raeisi, Putin censure foreign meddling in Caucasus affairs

TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – Iranian and Russian Presidents discussed by phone the expansion of Tehran-Moscow ties and the latest developments in the region, stressing the necessity of preventing foreign interference in regional issues.

Over 200 people injured in gasoline tank blast in Karabakh

TEHRAN, Sep. 26 (MNA) – The explosion at a fuel storage facility near the regional capital of Stepanakert wounded more than 200 people, Karabakh human rights ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan announced.

Dozens reported injured at gas station blast in Kharabakh

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Dozens of Armenians were injured at an explosion in a gas filling station in Karabakh's Khankandi city on Monday.

Iran welcomes ceasefire agreement between Azerbaijan, Armenia

TEHRAN, Sep. 21 (MNA) – The Foreign Ministry has welcomed recent agreement by Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists to a Russia-proposed ceasefire towards prevention of fresh hostilities in the Karabakh region.

Azerbaijan, Armenia agree to ceasefire in Karabakh

TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry confirms it has reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Karabakh region, which is Armenian-populated.

27 deaths in hostilities in Karabakh: report

TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – At least 27 people were killed in Karabakh as a result of hostilities on Tuesday, Armenian media reported.

Iran expresses concern over escalation of tension in Karabakh

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – Iranian foreign ministry spokesman expressed concern over the Karabakh region's escalated tension, calling on Armenia and Azerbaijan to comply with ceasfire agreement and to resolve the dispute through dialogue.

Azerbaijan must halt Karabakh operation 'immediately': EU

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – The European Union on Tuesday called on Azerbaijan to stop its military operation in the disputed region of Karabakh.

France seeks urgent UNSC meeting on Karabakh conflict

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – France on Tuesday called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in Karabakh.

Azerbaijan says 6 killed in Karabakh mine blasts

TEHRAN, Sep. 19 (MNA) – Four Azerbaijani police officers and two civilians were killed in mine blasts in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region Tuesday.

Iran rejects reports on troop deployment on Azerbaijan border

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Iran has dismissed as “baseless” reports about the deployment of its troops on the northern border with Azerbaijan under the current tense circumstances in the South Caucasus.

Yerevan, Baku agree to reopen Lachin Corridor

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Azerbaijan and Armenia have reached an agreement to reopen the only highway linking Armenia to Karabakh.

Baku concentrates troops on border with Armenia: Pashinyan

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) – Azerbaijan has amassed its troops on the border with Armenia and the demarcation line with Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told a Cabinet meeting as he described the situation as explosive.

Russian envoy meets Aliyev to discuss Baku-Yerevan ties

TEHRAN, Sep. 05 (MNA) – President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Special Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation for the normalization of Azerbaijan-Armenia relations Igor Khovaev.

No alternative to Lachin corridor: Armenia MFA

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – The Lachin corridor was agreed upon as a link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh and has no alternative, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia said.