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 by AFP Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Sept 30, 2021
Iran's army is to hold manoeuvres near the Azerbaijan border from Friday, state media announced, despite strong criticism from Baku. "The manoeuvres scheduled to start on Friday will involve armoured units as well as artillery, drones and military helicopters," the army's ground forces commander General Kioumars Heydari told the official IRNA news agency. Heydari said they were "combat readiness exercises for the ground forces in this region," but gave no details of where they would be held or how long they would last. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had criticised Tehran over the drills, calling them "a very surprising event". "Every country can carry out any military drill on its own territory. It's their sovereign right. But why now, and why on our border?" he said in an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu published on Monday. His comments were quickly rebuffed by Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh. "The drills carried out by our country in the northwest border areas... are a question of sovereignty," Khatibzadeh said in a statement on the ministry website. He also took a dig at Azerbaijan's close relations with Iran's arch foe Israel. "Iran will not tolerate the presence of the Zionist regime near our borders," he said. A major supplier of arms to Azerbaijan, Israel came under diplomatic fire from Armenia during last year's conflict between the Caucasus neighbours. Iran and Azerbaijan share a border of around 700 kilometres (430 miles). Ethnic Azeris make up around 10 million of Iran's 83 million people.
Iran's nuclear program has crossed 'all red lines': Israel PM United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 28, 2021 Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday Iran had breached all the "red lines" aimed at curbing its nuclear weapons program, but that Israel "will not allow" Tehran to get the bomb. In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, Bennett claimed the Islamic republic had in recent years taken "a major leap forward" in its nuclear production capacity and ability to enrich weapons-grade uranium. "Iran's nuclear weapon program is at a critical point, all red lines have been c ... read more
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