Iran Warns Azerbaijan and Armenia Over Fighting Near Border

Damage from recent shelling during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed region’s city of Stepanakert on Oct. 4.Photographer: Davit Ghahramanyan/AFP via Getty Images

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By Golnar Motevalli

October 5, 2020 at 6:29 PM UTC

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Iran warned that it would take reciprocal measures if fighting between its neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan spills over and endangers security across their borders with Iran.

Iran’s Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli urged the two countries to contain the fighting after clashes over their long-standing war over the Nagorno-Karabagh region erupted last month, according to a statement shown on Iranian state TV.