The senior advisor to the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, for international affairs, stated in a post on the “X” platform today, Monday: “Some arrogant governments, which ignore their interests and those of the region, have reintroduced the issue of the Zangezur corridor, striving to achieve illegitimate goals in the South Caucasus,” according to Mehr News Agency.
In a speech reported by the Iranian news agency “Tasnim” at the end of last month, Velayati said that “the United States is behind Azerbaijan’s demands regarding the so-called ‘Zangezur corridor’,” adding that “the main objective is to sever Iran’s connection with the Caucasus and impose a land blockade on Iran and Russia in the southern region.”
Velayati further added: “This project is not only part of America’s strategy to shift pressure from Ukraine to the Caucasus, but it is also supported by NATO and some Turkish nationalist movements,” emphasizing that Iran will thwart this project through an “active prevention policy, rather than a passive reaction.”
