Former Trump official: U.S., Israel, and Azerbaijan are considering plan to undermine Iranian national unity

Published: 2025-06-30 11:44

"Further east, some 1,200 miles away in Azerbaijan, Israel’s Azeri-Turkish ally is allegedly preparing to attack Armenia and, potentially, northern Iran... Israel provided critical drone technology to Azerbaijan in its last victorious campaign against Armenia, and Azerbaijan likely provided support for Israeli operations against Iran," notes Douglas Macgregor, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense during President Trump’s first term, in a post on his X account.

"Azerbaijan’s goal is a greater Azerbaijan created by forcibly annexing Iran’s Turkic Azeri population centered on Tabriz in Northern Iran. The unspoken assumption in Washington, Jerusalem, and Baku is that the Azeri Turks in Northern Iran will welcome the opportunity to join with their Azeri neighbors. The national leaders in all three States view this operation as contributing to the breakup and destruction of Iranian national unity, as well as the desired regime changes in Tehran. These operations are in the planning stage but could be launched at any time. These may or may not wait for the U.S. and Israeli missile arsenals to be replenished," Macgregor emphasizes.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News