Geopolitically, Iran and Syria have close connections, which is why the internal crisis in Syria and tensions around the Iranian nuclear program mutually affect each other, Fikret Sadykhov, a diplomat and professor of the Western University of Baku, told Vestnik Kavkaza.
The West understands that Iran is closely connected with Syria and the faster they put an end to the Iranian regime, the faster the political regime of Syria collapses, the expert explains.
Sadykhov believes that there will be no attacks on Iran in the near future “because Europe has plenty of its own economic problems and there is a need to study the aftermath of the events in the Middle East. This would hardly provide an opportunity for direct involvement in attacks against Iran.”
Commenting on the influence of neighboring states in an attack on Iran, the expert notes that “Azerbaijan cannot neglect it, because there are over a third of a million of Azerbaijani natives, our compatriots, living in Iran, which is an important factor for us.” There is no direct threat to Azerbaijan at the moment, he adds.
The expert pointed out the need to take ecological and humanitarian problems that may occur to Azerbaijan into account. This concerns a large number of refugees that may enter Azerbaijan. The disorders in Arab states have caused humanitarian catastrophes that come from large groups of people crossing borders. These are the new problems that need to be taken into account, Fikret Sadykhov concludes.
