Iran aided Rep of Azerbaijan militarily against Armenia, says former Revolutionary Guards commander

This article was last updated on May 25, 2022

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The former head of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards has acknowledged that Iranian military forces did indeed take part in the Nagorno-Karabakh War between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the early 1990s.

In an interview with the Sahar TV channel, Mohsen Rezaei, who was the commander of the Revolutionary Guards during the six-year war between Iran’s two northern neighbours, said he had ordered his forces to provide special military assistance to the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

“I personally issued an order … for the Republic of Azerbaijan army to be equipped appropriately and for it to receive the necessary training,” he said. “Many Iranians died in the Karabakh War. In addition to the wounded, who were transported to [Iran], many of the Iranian martyrs of the Karabakh War are buried in Baku.”

“Karabakh is a part of Islamic lands and the Republic of Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity must be guaranteed through peaceful means.”

Rezaei, who is currently the Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council, recently announced that he would be running in the upcoming presidential elections in June.

He rejected claims within the Republic of Azerbaijan that Iran offered no assistance to Baku during its war with Armenia, saying that they were made by individuals close “the West” and “international Zionism.”

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