On 8 September, Iran’s newly-appointed ambassador to Baku, Seyed Abbas Mousavi, voiced his country’s support to Baku and Tehran’s readiness to assist in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, reported Trend.  

In the meantime, the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan issued a statement, denying reports that its territories were used for Russian military cargo transport to Armenia amid the cross-border escalation in July (Caucasus Watch reported). The embassy stressed that these reports aim to undermine the developing friendship and cooperation between the two countries and are untrue.

On the same day, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Said Khatibzade said during a press conference that Iran does not recognize any boundaries in developing relations with Azerbaijan. He noted that for this purpose, Iran has sent a high-level diplomat as an ambassador to Azerbaijan (Mousavi was previously the spokesperson of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs). He also added that discussions were underway to organize a trilateral meeting between Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan.