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Tehran watches with concern as Azerbaijan eyes plan to annul Iran-Armenia border


Issue 1177 - 27 Sep 2023 | 5 minute read

Fresh fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in September has left Azerbaijan empowered and it could now try to realise long-held ambitions to create a land route through Armenia to its Nakhichevan exclave. For Iran, this could mean a de facto end to its own border with Armenia and a sometimes-hostile neighbour stretching across its northwest frontier.

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