Israeli think tank: Armenians see the Iran–Israel conflict as an opportunity to strengthen alliance with Tehran

Published: 2025-06-19 07:45

"Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on Israel have made it clear where the two main rivals in the South Caucasus — Azerbaijan and Armenia — stand. Monitoring of media and social networks in both countries shows that Baku immediately adopted a neutral position, merely expressing concern over the consequences of military actions. In contrast, Armenian state-affiliated outlets, parties, and diaspora organizations worldwide took a clearly pro-Iranian stance. For many Armenians, the conflict between Iran and Israel presents an opportunity to pursue political goals and to that end have disseminated and amplified fake news originally circulated by Iranian media and social networks affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)," writes the Israeli think tank BESA.

"This can be explained by a desire to provoke Tehran into targeting Baku — seen as an easier target than Israel — with the aim of weakening Azerbaijan. Especially popular were fakes claiming that the territory of Karabakh, cleared of Armenian separatists, was used by Israelis as a launch pad for airstrikes... For Armenia, the purpose is to further solidify the Iranian-Armenian alliance, foment hostility towards Azerbaijan in Iran and gain support among left and right-wing critics of Israel by tying in Israel’s strikes on Iran to the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict," the think tank emphasizes.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News