Iran must weigh security over diplomacy if neighbors host threats – Farhikhtegan
Iran’s state-affiliated Farhikhtegan newspaper warned on Wednesday that Tehran should prepare for “potential threats from its northern borders” following the US-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan deal to develop the Zangezur corridor.
The daily compared the situation to Iran’s missile strike on a US base in Qatar during the June conflict, saying Tehran must make clear that “if threats arise from the soil of neighboring states, security considerations will prevail over diplomacy.”
The article comes after a US-brokered peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan earlier in August granted Washington leasing rights to develop the Zangezur transit corridor, now renamed the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP).
The deal allows a US company to build and manage the route connecting Azerbaijan with its exclave Nakhchivan, a project Tehran has repeatedly described as a geopolitical risk.
