Former Iranian Former Foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Nagorno Karabakh and its regions neighboring with Iran in fall of 2010. Mottaki arrived in the Republic of Artsakh on a fact-finding trip, reliable sources told PanARMENIAN.Net.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad abruptly fired his Foreign Minister on December 13, 2010, as he was in the middle of an official visit to Africa.