Iranian embassy in Yerevan avoids commenting on weapons supply to Baku

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Iranian embassy in Armenia refused to comment on a statement by Iranian Ayatollah Seyed Hassan Ameli, who said that Iran supplied weapons to Azerbaijan during the Karabakh war.

Embassy officials said they would not like unreliable information affect the friendly Armenian-Iranian relations.

The embassy neither confirmed, nor refuted Ayatollah Ameli’s statement, saying that the official stance of Tehran on the Karabakh conflict settlement is known, since it has been repeatedly voiced by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well as Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Seyed Ali Saghaeyan.

“We do not exclude the possibility that there are forces, which aim to create hindrances for our friendly relations,” a representative of the Iranian embassy told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

Recently, Iranian Ayatollah Seyed Hassan Ameli stated that Iran supplied weapons to Azeri troops who experienced armament shortage while fighting in battles for Shushi.