Spokesman Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to Show Restraint

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has called on the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise self-restraint following the latest military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has called on the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise self-restraint following the latest military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh region.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran is closely and worriedly monitoring the military clashes between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a Sunday statement. 

"Iran calls on the two sides to exercise self-restraint, and demands an immediate end to the clashes and the launch of dialogue between the two states,” Khatibzadeh added.

The spokesman also expressed Iran’s readiness to employ all of its capacities to help establish a ceasefire and start negotiations between the warring sides.