Tehran: During the ongoing war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh, Iran warned both countries about the firing of mortar shells in the border areas of Iran.
According to a foreign news agency, Iran has warned the armies of both countries about mortar shells falling on its border villages. Tehran has called it “interference” when mortars fell on rural Iran during the war.
According to reports, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a statement that any kind of interference on the territory of our country by both sides during the conflict would be intolerable. He made it clear that Iran seriously warns both sides to take the necessary precautions in this regard.
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Iran is ready to hold all kinds of talks to end the fighting and establish peace between the two countries, but the country will consider the fall of mortars in its territories as interference. According to the Iranian news agency, several mortar rounds have hit Iranian villages since Monday. Five mortars collided in the Iranian village of Pervaiz Khanlo, bordering Azerbaijan, injuring a 6-year-old boy.
A large number of people living along the border in Ardabil province gather every day to watch the fighting between the two countries, but the government has urged citizens to stay away from the disputed area due to the intensity of the fighting.
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It should be noted that the disputed territory between Azerbaijan and Armenia also shares a border with Iran.
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