{"id":167840,"date":"2012-03-13T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T07:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=167840"},"modified":"2012-03-13T11:24:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T07:24:29","slug":"iran-confident-azerbaijan-will-not-allow-attack-through-its-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/03\/13\/iran-confident-azerbaijan-will-not-allow-attack-through-its-territory.html","title":{"rendered":"Iran Confident Azerbaijan Will Not Allow Attack Through its Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is confident that neighboring Azerbaijan would not allow attacking forces to pass through its territory, Iran\u2019s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) said Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/report-azerbaijani-defense-minister-pledges-no-one-will-attack-iran-through-his-country\/2012\/03\/12\/gIQAZ1QS7R_story.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">AP<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmadinejad told visiting Azerbaijan Defense Minister Gen. Safar Abiyev, \u201cWe are sure that no problem will take place against Iran from (the land of) our friend and brother, Azerbaijan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Abiyev, told reporters Azerbaijan will not act against \u201cgreat Iran\u201d or allow an attack using its territory. This came after he met his Iranian counterpart, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 29, Israel signed a $1.6 billion deal to sell drones, anti-aircraft and missile defense systems to Azerbaijan, bringing Israeli technology to the border of archenemy Iran.<\/p>\n<p>In reaction, Iran summoned Azeri envoy, seeking clarifications about the sale.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Abiyev indirectly defended the deal. \u201cAzerbaijan must improve its army, and for this purpose it is obliged to purchase weapons and equipment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Vahidi announced Iran\u2019s readiness to provide the Azeri army with Iranian military products. \u201cWe are ready to offer any support that can lead to self-sufficiency of army of Azerbaijan,\u201d Vahidi said. He said both countries should avoid any action that could damage security and tranquility in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has expressed concern over alleged Israeli intelligence activity in the oil-rich Caucasian state.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has hinted at an attack on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities, charging Iran is trying to make nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Iran denies the charge, saying its nuclear activities are aimed at peaceful purposes like power generation and cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran is confident that neighboring Azerbaijan would not allow attacking forces to pass through its territory, Iran\u2019s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said&#8230;<br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10265,38629,10297,665,11601],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}