Iranian-Armenian relations

[Mos]

Re: Iranian-Armenian relations

Good to see some defence cooperation:

03.05.2011
Top Iranian Defense Official Visits Armenia
Emil Danielyan
Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Reza Mozafari Nia discussed military ties between Iran and Armenia during a visit to Yerevan on Tuesday.

Mozafari Nia met with Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and his first deputy Davit Tonoyan.

A short statement by the Armenian Defense Ministry said they spoke about “issues related to Armenian-Iranian cooperation in the area of defense.” It did not elaborate.

A ministry source linked the talks with Ohanian’s official visit to Tehran last July. The source told RFE/RL’s Armenian service that they focused on the implementation of Armenian-Iranian agreements reached during that trip.

While in Tehran, Ohanian met with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi and other top Iranian officials. Official Armenian and Iranian sources said that both sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening Armenian-Iran ties and stressed their importance for peace in the region.

“Cordial bonds between Iran and Armenia will help maintain peace and stability in the region,” Ohanian said at the time. Few other details of his talks were reported.

Armenian Deputy Defense Minister Ara Nazarian reportedly said late last month that bilateral relations have now reached “the highest level.” He also reaffirmed Yerevan’s positive assessment of Iran’s role in regional security.

“Over the past years, Iran has pursued a conscious and coherent policy in the region,” the IRNA news agency quoted Nazarian as saying at a ceremony organized by the Iranian Embassy in Armenia. The event marked Iran’s National Army Day.

Defense and security has arguably been the least advanced component of Armenia’s warm rapport with Iran, which has centered on economic cooperation and joint energy projects in particular. Still, military cooperation between the two neighboring states has prompted serious concern from the United States on at least one occasion.

According to one of the classified U.S. diplomatic cables disclosed by WikiLeaks last December, Washington accused Armenia of re-exporting weapons to Iran and threatened sanctions against Yerevan in late 2008. In a secret December 2008 letter, then Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte pressed President Serzh Sarkisian to “ensure such transfers do not occur in the future.”

Sarkisian has pursued close ties with Iran throughout his three-year presidency. Visiting Tehran in late March, he described the Armenian-Iranian relationship as “truly exemplary” and called for its expansion.

Relations with the Islamic Republic is a rare matter of national consensus in Armenia, reflecting its unresolved conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh and strained relations with another Muslim neighbor, Turkey. With the Armenian-Azerbaijani and Armenian-Turkish borders closed for almost two decades, Iran is one of the landlocked country’s two conduits to the outside world.
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http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/24090430.html

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Re: Iranian-Armenian relations

What's wrong with the picture? Even the US has laws agains treason and espionage. At least Iran is honest about it.

They don't to my knowledge usually, execute people for treason or espionage in the US. The problem is that when you hang people for 'poltical crimes' that you open up a pandora's box.

Iran's present system of summary trials is open to abuses of power and their is no rule of law in Iran. As it has Islamic Revolutionary Courts are presided over by clerics and it lacks a independent judiciary.

[Joseph]

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I took out the video link to avoiding hurting their feelings. But it seriously surprises me that the followers of Ghengis Khan (Aliyev) are shocked by iranian *hospitality* towards them. On the one hand they glorify a genocidal Mongolian warlord who invaded the Caucuses and subjected ordinary folks to shocking harm - and on the other, they cry human rights.

Thank you. I share your sentiments.

[Artsakh]

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Iranian state TV carries report of Israeli build-up

Mon May 2, 12:04 pm ET

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian state television ran a report Monday saying Israeli military aircraft were massing at a U.S. air base in Iraq for a strike on Iran.

Israel said it had no knowledge of such a strike plan, as reported on the website of Iran's English-language Press TV, and Iraq's air force commander denied the report. The Pentagon dismissed it as "ridiculous."

Press TV quoted what it said was a source close to the movement of Moqtada al-Sadr, an Iraqi Shi'ite cleric who opposes the U.S. presence in Iraq and has close ties to Iran's leaders.

Washington's ally Israel accuses Tehran of using its declared civilian nuclear reactor program to conceal a plan to develop atomic bombs that would threaten the xxxish state.

Israeli leaders have not ruled out military action against Iran.

However, there has been no recent indication of increased tensions and no other information Monday to corroborate the Iranian television report.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said she had no knowledge of any such report and said the military did not comment on operational matters. Iraqi air force commander Staff Lieutenant General Anwar Ahmed rejected the report as "groundless."

"The al-Asad base (mentioned by Press TV) exists on Iraqi territory. We can never accept launching any military attack against any of the neighboring countries, whether Iran or any other country, from Iraqi lands," he told Reuters.

Colonel Dave Lapan at the Pentagon said there was no truth to the report.

The United States and its Western allies suspect Iran is using its nuclear energy program as a cover to build bombs. Iran denies the allegation, insisting it needs nuclear technology to generate more electricity.

Iran has repeatedly warned that it would strike Israeli nuclear targets if Israel attacked its nuclear activities.

Iran does not recognize Israel, which it calls the "Zionist regime." Israel, believed to be the only nuclear-armed country in the Middle East, bombed Iraq's only nuclear reactor to rubble in 1981 when Saddam Hussein was in power in Baghdad.

(Reporting by Robin Pomeroy in Tehran, Ori Lewis in Jerusalem, Khalid al-Ansary in Baghdad, and Phil Stewart in Washington; writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

[Persopolis]

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Yikes, I just watched a few seconds of the video. Had not noticed the link before and though maybe the photo was a fake. We should delete that portion of the message.

I took out the video link to avoiding hurting their feelings. But it seriously surprises me that the followers of Ghengis Khan (Aliyev) are shocked by iranian *hospitality* towards them. On the one hand they glorify a genocidal Mongolian warlord who invaded the Caucuses and subjected ordinary folks to shocking harm - and on the other, they cry human rights.

[Joseph]

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Vorig is the cute term for butt or ass. Usually used around infants and children.

The U.S. does everything behind closed doors so the sheeple don't have a clue what goes on in their country.

Yikes, I just watched a few seconds of the video. Had not noticed the link before and though maybe the photo was a fake. We should delete that portion of the message.

[KanadaHye]

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What's wrong with the picture? Even the US has laws agains treason and espionage. At least Iran is honest about it.

And what does the word mean that you used?

Vorig is the cute term for butt or ass. Usually used around infants and children.

The U.S. does everything behind closed doors so the sheeple don't have a clue what goes on in their country.

[Persopolis]

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More like a
That post should be deleted and Persepolis should be banned for a decent period. Jeez I was banned here once for just using the word vorig, on the grounds that children could have read it!

What's wrong with the picture? Even the US has laws agains treason and espionage. At least Iran is honest about it.

And what does the word mean that you used?

[bell-the-cat]

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Persepolis!!!!!

More like a
That post should be deleted and Persepolis should be banned for a decent period. Jeez I was banned here once for just using the word vorig, on the grounds that children could have read it!

[Joseph]

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Just remember what Iranians will do;
Just remember that Iranians are proven to be fearless;
Just remember it was the Persians that defeated the USSR in Afghanistan;
Just remember how many of us are in all corners of the earth and watch you;
Just remember that we can send Baku to the bottom of the sea in 15 minutes;
Just remember that Iranian-Azaris think you are garbage.
Just remember we can turn Turkey into Kurdistan and all of the Republic if Azerbaijan into Armenia.
Just remember 1 million people dying in the Iran/Iraq war means nothing to an Iranian - can you imagine the fun we would have with you?

You little boys don't stand a chance with us - Not even God can help you if we get angry.

We do this for fun: That's in Tabriz sucker; those are people affiliated with Baku - who's protesting? http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2a0_1185106657 Do you think Aliyev can do anything? He's afraid to step foot in Iran.

Pan-Turkic Piñata


Rubber slippers for sale - slightly used.

The Republic of Azerbaijan's military is a paper tiger when it comes to Iran - Let's see you start something.

Persepolis!!!!!