Who do they mean in Azerbaijan when they say "Iranian agents"?
Baku/27.10.22/Turan: The process of "cleansing" from Iranian agents will soon begin in Azerbaijan, reported the olke.az resource with reference to the AZfront telegram channel, which in turn referred to a reliable source.
“Preparations for this should have started a long time ago. But we waited for them to come to their senses. It seems that they did not understand this and they will not be forgiven. The process will take place in the next 10 days,” the source said.
According to the website, extensive operational measures will be taken in this direction. Many local media disseminated this message with reference to olke.az information.
Who is meant in Azerbaijan under the name "Iranian agents"? The presence of an agent network and the "5th column" of Iran in Azerbaijan is not in doubt among the vast majority of citizens. But how will they determine who is an employee of the Iranian agency?
Political scientist Haleddin Ibrahimli answers these and other questions in the "Difficult Question" program. According to him, Azerbaijan's policy towards Iran should be open and transparent. “Tehran must see that Azerbaijan shares with the public every insidious act coming from Iran. Then the Iranian regime will face the threat of conflict with its own society. Because they will protest, demand to stop wrecking activities against their relatives on the other side of the Araz,” Ibrahimli said.
According to the political scientist, over the years, Iran, using the majority of Azerbaijanis belonging to the Shia (Jafarite) madhhab (theological and legal school), created its own schools in Azerbaijan, a wide network of non-governmental organizations (religious), financed them.
“Being a terrorist state, Iran has always preferred to work with teenagers, with young people who have not yet formed as a person, brainwashing them, introducing false ideas into their minds. Among these people, the Iranian secret services are recruiting their adherents,” says Irahimli.
Therefore, he believes, the secret services of Azerbaijan should, first of all, take such organizations under control, carefully check their activities and abolish those that are engaged in propaganda and subversive activities.
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