Coordinated action is needed to battle pan-Turkism, Vice Chairman of Iranian Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mansour Haghighat-Pour said at a meeting with students of Ardabil University, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency.

Referring to the recent forum of the anti-Iranian South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement in Baku, the Iranian lawmaker said, in part, “The unification of the Azeris was discussed during the recent forum in Baku, and opinions were voiced that allegedly the Iranian Azeris wish to unite with “Northern Azerbaijan.” Thus, Iranian youths should battle pan-Turkism and pan-Azerism in a coordinated and clever way so as not to allow the enemies to violate the unity of the Iranians.”

Earlier, Vice Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mansour Haghighat-Pour said that “a forum will be held in the near future to discuss Caucasus issues, and issues related to joining a number of Azerbaijani cities – including Baku – with Iran will be discussed at the forum in view of the fact that the residents of these cities are inclined to unite with our country.”

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