IRANIAN EMBASSY IN AZERBAIJAN DISMISSES REPORTS IN ARMENIAN MASS MEDIA

news.az
Feb 23 2010
Armenia

Flag of Iran The Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan has dismissed the
reports in Armenian mass media.

"The position of official Tehran regarding the Karabakh conflict
remains changeless and has repeatedly been voiced by the president,
the foreign minister and other officials of Iran. Iran recognizes the
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and it will never disavow this
position", said the news service for the Iranian embassy in Azerbaijan.

The embassy also rejected the statements by the Armenian press saying
they have distorted the statements of the Iranian diplomats in Yerevan.

Reports said earlier that the Iranian embassy in Armenia has spoken
against the opinion of the vice speaker of the Iranian parliament,
thus rejecting the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan.

"Only the president, the foreign minister and the foreign ministry’s
office voice the official position of Iran in the issues of foreign
policy", said spokesman for the Iranian embassy in Armenia Ardeshir
Javadi, commenting on the statements of vice speaker of the Iranian
parliament Muhammed Reza Bahonar.