Azerbaijan at the Edge of Iran’s Crisis

Why was such a powerful strike against Iran launched именно now, accompanied by demands for capitulation? In principle, this could have been done earlier. Iran has never represented a sufficiently significant military force for Washington to fear taking such a step.

The United States is considering the option of seizing Iranian ports and deploying troops on small islands in the Persian Gulf in order to secure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. This was reported on March 22 by NBC News, citing military sources.

As missiles struck some of the most critical oil and gas facilities in the Persian Gulf, sending shockwaves through global energy markets, Azerbaijan found itself aligned — not militarily, but politically — with a broad group of Arab and Muslim-majority nations calling for restraint.

For more than three decades, relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey have been defined by a phrase that carries both political and emotional meaning: “One nation, two states.” The slogan symbolizes a strategic partnership based on a shared language, history and security interests.