Daily Memo: Iran Nervously Watches Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijani troops are reportedly gathering near the Iranian border.

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Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh risks drawing in others. Azerbaijani forces are gathering near the Iranian border in preparation for an offensive, according to an Armenian Defense Ministry representative. He said Azerbaijan hopes to provoke forces from the mostly ethnically Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh into firing at the massing troops, endangering Iran in the process. In the […]

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