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Source: https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/countering-iran-in-ukraine-and-the-south-caucasus/
Countering Iran in Azerbaijan
(Geopoliticalmonitor-Canada) Dr. Taras Kuzio - Iran poses an existential threat to Azerbaijan. This is seen in the recent unprovoked terrorist attack against the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, subversion by Iranian-backed extremists and special services, military intervention in the 2020 Second Karabakh War, military threats, and a burgeoning military alliance with Armenia. Iran does not recognize the existence of an Azerbaijani people, believing the region was unfairly taken from it by the USSR. The southern part of Azerbaijan, inhabited by 20-30 million Azerbaijanis, remained part of Iran. Iran's denial of Azerbaijani identity closely resembles Russia's denial of a Ukrainian state and a Ukrainian people. The writer is a professor of political science at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy in Ukraine.