Azerbaijan leaders plagued by US, Zionist mentality: Iranian MP

An Iranian lawmaker has slammed the recent forum of the separatist and anti-Iran South Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement in Baku, saying the leaders of the neighboring country are suffering from corrupt US and Zionist views.

According to Press TV, Mansour Haqiqatpour, a member of Iran’s Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Thursday: “The contrived trend against Iran, spearheaded by some anti-Iran groups in the country Azerbaijan, shows that Azerbaijan’s leaders are afflicted by the corrupt mentality of the US and Zionism.”
Haqiqatpour further criticized the Azerbaijani authorities for attempting to hinder the expansion of bilateral ties between Tehran and Baku.
The Iranian MP said: “The leaders of Azerbaijan Republic do not even allow the opening of border crossings and markets”, adding that Baku tries to provoke Iranophobia.
The conference in question was held in Baku on March 30. The anti-Iran elements participating in the forum sought to separate Iran’s East and West Azerbaijan provinces from the Islamic Republic.
On April 3, Haqiqatpour strongly reacted to Azerbaijan’s move, saying young people in Iran’s Azari provinces, including in the northwestern cities of Ardebil, Tabriz, Orumieh and Zanjan, are prepared to respond to the treacherous measure of the Azerbaijan Republic officials.