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Iran’s two northern neighbors are Azerbaijan and Armenia. The two neighbors have once again clashed over the disputed Nagorna-Karabakh region.
The army of one country has continued to fire bullets and mortars at other countries. In this situation, three mortars hit the territory of Iran.
Governor Ali Amiri confirmed that mortars had landed in the Khoda Afarin border district. However, it is not yet clear whether the mortars were fired from Azerbaijan or from Armenia.
Two of the three mortars hit the farm and exploded, the governor told IranPress.com. Fortunately, no one was injured and no financial loss was incurred.
The other mortar fell on the high grasslands of the district. The third mortar did not explode. Clashes between the armies of the two countries have resumed since Sunday morning for control of the Karabakh region.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke with the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers in an emergency phone call shortly after new border clashes broke out. He called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to establish an immediate ceasefire and hold talks under international law.
In the late 1970s, war broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Karabakh region. The conflict culminated in the fall of the former Soviet Union in 1991.
Until a ceasefire was established between the two parties in 1994, 30,000 people lost their lives in the conflict. Although the Karabakh region is within Azerbaijan, it is controlled by ethnic Armenians under the auspices of the Armenian government.
Meanwhile, clashes between the two countries for the second day in a row have left at least 21 dead and hundreds more injured. This is the first time since 2016 that Armenia and Azerbaijan have been embroiled in a major conflict in the region.
Both sides have accused the military forces of the two countries of using heavy weapons in the region. The country has long threatened to use all possible military means to regain control of the region.
The President of Azerbaijan has issued a partial martial law ordering the mobilization of troops at the border. The country’s foreign minister said six civilians have been killed and 19 others injured since the fighting began.
The Russian news agency Interfax quoted the Armenian defense minister as saying that 200 Armenians had been injured in the clashes. Meanwhile, Nagorno-Karabakh says more than 15 of its soldiers have died. Earlier on Sunday, Azerbaijani airstrikes and artillery shelling killed 18 soldiers and wounded more than 100, Nagorno-Karabakh authorities said.
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