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Stories under this heading cover the Gulf and the Red Sea regions, including the Arabian Peninsula, Iran and the countries bordering the Red Sea.
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Opinion: Gulf tensions may spill over into the Caucasus
23 September 2019
Benyamin Poghosyan discusses recent events in the Gulf, and says that neighbouring countries are concerned about the implications of a military confrontation. For Armenia the crisis comes on top of other foreign policy challenges.
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Opinion: None of the US strategic goals in the South Caucasus coincide with the Armenian national interest
19 August 2019
Ahead of next month's visit by prime minister Pashinyan to the US, Benyamin Poghosyan assesses the potential for US-Armenia relations in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
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Muslims throughout the Caucasus celebrate the Feast of the Sacrifice
12 August 2019
Muslims throughout the Caucasus region on Monday join the Muslim ummah worldwide in celebrating Eid al Adha, the feast of the Sacrifice. In Azerbaijan, Turkey and other parts of the Turkic world, the festival is popularly known as Gurban Bayram.
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A feeling of deja vue in the Caucasus as US beats war drums on Iran
16 May 2019
The governments in the South Caucasus are looking at developments with a sense of trepidation. All three have important trade and commercial relations with Iran, and the prospect of an all-out confrontation between the Islamic Republic and the US puts all three in a difficult position.
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Opinion: Armenia's "other choices"?
27 March 2019
Benyamin Poghosyan argues in this op-ed for commonspace.eu that it is time for Armenia to deepen its relations with Iran and China, out of necessity rather than choice.
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Iran's president Rouhani speaks about the need to expand relations with Azerbaijan
10 March 2019
For his part, visiting Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov hailed the "brotherly" relations between Tehran and Baku, saying there are no obstacles to the enhancement of political, economic, cultural and social ties with Tehran.
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Pashinyan holds talks with Iranian leadership during Tehran visit
28 February 2019
Speaking to hundreds of members of the large and influential Armenian community in Iran gathered at the Ararat Sports Complex in Tehran Pashinyan told the enthusiastic audience “Our destiny is no longer in the west, north or south, but in our hands”.
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Pashinyan arrives in Tehran on an official visit
27 February 2019
Ahead of the visit various Armenian media sources have been outlining the scope and scale of Armenian-Iranian relations, including the fact that there are currently over five thousand Iranian owned firms operating in Armenia, and the country is also a major trading partner.
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"We must do everything to keep Armenian-Iranian relations at a high level" - Pashinyan
2 December 2018
Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan has highlighted the importance of Armenian-Iranian relations during a speech in the town of Kapan, the regional capital of Armenia's Syunik Province which borders Iran. Pashinyan was addressing a rally of his "My step" party, ahead of important parliamentary elections on 9 December.