A lot has been said recently about Iran-Azerbaijani relations,
which is interesting because many people assume that the relationship
between these two countries doesn’t have much of an impact on the world
stage. Of course, this assumption is wrong, and Iran-Azerbaijani affairs
actually influence a wide variety of issues, from global energy supply
to the potential for an Israeli strike on Iran.
Iranian and Azerbaijani leaders have often espoused the motto of ‘one nation, two states,’ quite
like the Turkish and Azerbaijani political leaders who constantly refer
to the strong bonds that exists between their respective peoples. Much
has been written about the
‘natural’ relations between these two states, and many feel that the
idea has been manipulated in order to play on historical and ethnic
ties, rather than reflecting some kind of spontaneous expression of real
solidarity.
