If war breaks out again, and a northern front emerges as a result, it will become very difficult for Azerbaijan to stay out of it.
If you are Iranian and you look north and see this cooperation in defense and military technology, you have reason to worry that Azerbaijan could become a platform for launching an attack on you.
They want to stay on the sidelines of what is happening in Iran, but they cannot.
An Alhurra report discussed Iran-Azerbaijan relations, which Ilan Berman described as governed by a mix of pressure and containment, with Baku using the Azerbaijani population in n…