(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Fuad Muxtar-Aqbabali read more For several decades already, Iran's theocratic regime has been
in the grip of profound domestic chaos and economic poverty,
coupled with man-made hardships, military failures, and diplomatic
scandals with neighbors in a bid to terrorize secular nations under
the gun of Shiite fanaticism.
Since 1979, the regime has been under biting economic sanctions
and has only succeeded in multiplying the number of enemies despite
channeling billions of petro-dollars in proxy wars around the globe
in the hope to destabilize whole regions by installing pro-regime
forces in power.
Luckily, the Tehran mullahcracy has so far failed on many
fronts, and billions of petro-dollars channeled into the regime's
adventures came back to pockets of jingoistic, prideful, and
vainglorious bearded generals Iran designated to spearhead
chimerical, hallucinatory and nebulous agitprops, brainwashing,
disinformation and hypes designed to advance the regime global
influence.
For nearly 30 years, Azerbaijan has been severely hit by Iran's
never-ending plots, treacherous policies, poisoning brains of
thousands of young Azerbaijanis at religious schools modeled to
advance religious schism and harm Azerbaijan's determination to
cement foundations of own independent state viewed by millions of
Southern Azerbaijanis as ideal to become united again following
perfidious division into south and north by the Persians and
tsarist Russia in early XIX century.
Iran's obvious hostile position and policies against
Azerbaijan's interests have not ceased for a second throughout the
30-year independence period. Even when the Soviet Union demised,
the Tehran regime hesitated for a long time whether or not to
recognize Azerbaijan's independence and finally did so as there
were no arguments to act differently.
On March 29, Azerbaijan opened its first-ever embassy in Israel
and one of the major reasons that Baku has not opened its embassy
in Tel Aviv up to now was to avoid Iran's unfounded and hostile
attitude towards itself with nearly 20 percent of lands under
Armenian occupation. With the opening of Baku's embassy, Tehran
renewed a series of unsound, spurious, and false accusations.
Iran's accusation about the presence of foreign forces on the
territory of Azerbaijan as always is groundless and completely
unacceptable. Azerbaijan as an honest actor and active political
player has always ruled out harboring criminal elements on its soil
to be used against a third country and this was repeatedly voiced
by the country's leadership.
The latest slanderous, defamatory, and calumnious remarks by the
commander of the army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Kiyumars
Heydari, were an integral part of the regime's accusations deprived
of any support.
In his nonsense remarks, K. Heydari claims that there are
supposedly "Zionist" forces in Azerbaijan and that Azerbaijan used
ISIS terrorists brought from Syria during the 44-day war, and that
they are still in the country. At the same time, he repeats the
regime's old claims about changes in borders.
What are the real goals of Iran's fabrication of "Zionist
military forces in Azerbaijan?"
Heydari's opinions are not only an interference in the internal
affairs of another state, but also a clear example of political
shamelessness and overstepping.
The remarks of generals representing Iran's theocratic regime,
engaged in terrorism, are unacceptable for the secular state and
the threatening language will definitely hit back since its menaces
go beyond all limits.
Official Tehran should know that Azerbaijan, as an independent
state, does not report to anyone regarding which country it has
relations with, and will not report to anyone in the future.
If the Tehran regime considers Israel to be its enemy or Zionist
force", it is its own business. However, the attempt to speak with
Azerbaijan in the language of diktat may cost it dearly at some
point. Today, Azerbaijan is developing its relations not only with
Israel, but also with other countries, and no other country has the
right or authority to protest against it.
Actually, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry properly reacted to
Iran's misguided, gratuitous, and misinformed accusations.
Today Iran, which supports Armenia, also backs terrorism in
parallel and thus indirectly proves that it is also a terrorist
state. In other words, no matter what country it is, if an obvious
hostile position is displayed against Azerbaijan's interests and
regional policy, it will be properly responded to.
Iran openly and outrightly backs Armenia, which serves to create
instability in the region.
Is it only Armenia? Of course, not. Today, IRGC terrorists are
in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, and so on, where they run terrorist camps
and threaten the world, and now they are trying to target
Azerbaijan. Iran has also deployed thousands of SEPAH militias to
train Armenian forces in terrorizing Azerbaijan and civilians who
are now being relocated back to their homes in the formerly
occupied districts.
However, official Baku is not going to turn a blind eye to
Iran's terror network to expand and get root and will resolutely
water down Tehran's plots to turn the region into another
Lebanon.
Instead of making arrogant statements and occasionally making
anti-Azerbaijani threatening video clips, slob and scrimshanker
IRGC generals would better deal with Iran's domestic problems and
investigate the reasons for the mass protests that have taken place
in the country for nearly a year that threaten to destroy the
pillars of the theocratic regime.
Now that the Israeli embassy has been operating in Azerbaijan
for over 25 years, Azerbaijan has just opened its embassy in Israel
and the representative office in Palestine. Just this fact and the
call for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem
indicate Baku's sincere attitude to the issue.
Azerbaijan for reasons understandable delayed the opening of the
embassy in Israel but now when the Karabakh resolution is nearing
its logical end, Baku has no reason to further postpone the matter
and did not do so despite Iran's threats, the armed attack on the
Tehran embassy, the killing of the embassy security officer,
attempted assassination of parliamentarian Fazil Qazanfar, killing
of public figures in the past as well as continuous efforts to
smuggle tons of narcotics into the country.
Azerbaijan is a sovereign nation and is not obliged to ask
Iran's permission though the regime in Tehran would want it very
much and does not give up hopes to compel Baku with terror and
other means but in vain.
Azerbaijan did not ask Tehran why it opened the embassy in
Yerevan or the consulate general in Kapan several months ago.
Azerbaijan has been asking the regime to collaborate in the
investigation of the attack on the embassy though Tehran is
avoiding Baku's rightful demand. The regime did not respond to the
betrayal and martyrdom of the Azerbaijani service members in
Zangilan during the 44-day war.
Tehran's "red lines" intimidatory remark is not worth a penny.
Iran's claims that it will not allow the violation of its
historical borders stand for nothing for Azerbaijan as the latter
is obliged to restore historic justice and regain lands both under
Armenia's occupation and reunite the divided nation under common
Azerbaijan to rectify 200-year-long tragedy.
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