ARMENIA DENIES INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION WITH IRAN

ArmInfo News Agency (in Russian)
Aug 7 2008
Armenia

Yerevan, 8 August: The Armenian Foreign Ministry has described
as absurd reports by the Azerbaijani press alleging that the
Armenian and Iranian intelligence services "have started full-scale
cooperation". "This is an absolutely absurd ‘report’, and it does not
require comments due to its absurdity", the head of the mass media
relations department of the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s press service,
Tigran Balayan, told the Arminfo news agency.

Baku’s Ekho newspaper maintained that Iran and Armenia had started
full-scale cooperation of intelligence services, many aspects of
which are directly or indirectly aimed against Azerbaijan. "During
record short time, Iran has stationed an impressive infrastructure
of technical intelligence in Armenia, including a unique system of
optical radars and passive optical-electronic range sensors.

"A network of intelligence ‘stations’ has been established, which
controls practically all countries of the region adjacent to [Armenia]
it: Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia," the paper says. According to the
source [Ekho], Armenia and Iran also intend to cooperate in the
"intelligence and terror" [as published] sphere.