Iran’s interest in a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is as great as Russia’s interest, political scientist Stanislav Tarasov told Tert.am.
The recent Azerbaijani-Russian-Iranian presidential meeting is within the format of the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.
“Iran has historically been interested in this region. You know that persons controlled certain territories in the 19th century, and Iran is still concerned with the loss of the territories in question. Later Turkey started playing a role here. This is the reason for Iran’s significant role. And is only role is now to prevent consolidation of turkey-Azerbaijan collaboration.
“If talks about the OSCE Minsk Group being inefficient are relevant, a new settlement format could be created, with Iran’s involvement inevitable,” Mr Tarasov said.