A senior Iranian lawmaker says Tehran is ready to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia given the Islamic Republic's influential role in the region and the world. Iran has defended the Azerbaijan Republics territorial integrity in all international bodies, including the United Nations, the Organization of Islamic ...

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republic has always supported Azerbaijans territorial integrity in all international circles. The Islamic Republic of Iran has defended the Azerbaijan Republics territorial integrity in all global circles, and Irans Majlis has always advocated this policy, said Kazem Jalali in a meeting with Azerbaijani Parliament ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's president has praised Azerbaijan for playing a key role in countering Iran's influence in the Middle East. Shimon Peres says Azerbaijian, which shares a border with Iran, has taken a "clear stand" against war and terrorism. Peres says Azerbaijan's "unique geographic location" makes it a "key country" in the region. Peres ...

Azerbaijan will send its foreign minister to Israel next week for the first time since the majority Muslim nation on Irans northern border regained independence from the former Soviet Union 22 years ago. A delegation led by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov plans to meet top Israeli and Palestinian officials on April 21-23 to discuss the Middle East ...

Irans Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohsen Pak-Ayeen says the Islamic Republic would never hesitate to defend its territorial integrity, describing the countrys sovereignty as a red line. Pak-Ayeen made the remarks in an interview with an Azeri news agency in reaction to the recent anti-Iranian forum in Irans northwestern neighboring country. We can ...

Journalists have had their hands full this week with reports of Iran'sfake time machine, not to mention the6.3-magnitude earthquakethat shook the country's south. But somehow, in all the excitement, an Iranian proposal to annex Azerbaijan went largely unnoticed. On Tuesday, Iran's Fars news agency reported that Azerbaijani-speaking lawmakers in Iran ...