Iran: What is allowed to the West is not allowed to Azerbaijan
"Azeris want to unite and create united Azerbaijan. But they should not even dream about that", said the ambassador of Iran in Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan wants to enlist the support of United States in the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh problem and makes a curtsey towards Turkey hoping that United States will note that. And since Turkey is still one of the strategic partners of US in the region, the actions of Azeri authorities are more than "justified".
The second world congress of Azeris was really an "event" for the Azeri Diaspora, which is scattered, uncoordinated and at times simply harmful for Azerbaijan. It is not a hard job to bring examples proving the idea: numerous criminal battles in Russia, odd actions "in support of Turkey" which obviously does not need any support, though skillfully uses the Azeri factor struggling against the international recognition of Armenian genocide. Thing that have happened this time may from the first glance look strange or even accidental. Statements against Iran, appeals to the people of South Azerbaijan to unite and finally - announcing that Persian poets are Azeri poets.
Most likely, Azerbaijan wants to win the support of United States in the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh problem and makes a curtsey towards Turkey hoping that United States will note that. And since Turkey is still one of the strategic partners of US in the region, the actions of Azeri authorities are more than "justified". Even more "justified" is the behavior of Azeris in the light of threats to Iran. It is true, but nevertheless Iran is not Iraq or Afghanistan. Iran accepts threats quite adequately. Azerbaijan cannot afford things that the West can, all the more appropriation of Persian cultural heritage.
The mess stirred up after the announcements made by the chairman of the world congress of Azeris Javad Derekhty about the creation of united Azerbaijan. In reply to this, the ambassador of Iran in Azerbaijan said: "They want to unite and create united Azerbaijan. But they should not even dream about that".
This announcement was followed by the reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran. The diplomatic note from Iranian foreign ministry said: "Under conditions when Azerbaijan has faced the problem of territorial integrity, such announcements contradict to national interests and are harmful for the strengthening of mutual relations. The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly urges Azerbaijan to immediately put an end to such actions, stop the activities of anti-Iranian elements and maintain the amicable agreement between the two countries. Let us live and see how Azerbaijan benefits from such announcements. Though I am the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in your country, I myself am an Iranian Azeri. In Iran there is a large number of parties and organizations, which try to undertake certain actions in the republic. We do not create favorable conditions for them. Such announcements may create serious problems in future. It is necessary to put an end to speculations of that kind. The state should not allow anyone to speak out against the interest of another country during an official event. Such people will not do good to Azerbaijan".
It is not we to decide will they do good or not. But the fact is that official Baku has already started rewriting not only their own history, but also the history of Iran. Azeri "historians" seem to have forgotten that playing with Iran is very dangerous.
Iranian Ambassador Suleymani has reminded once again that everything written by the former President of Iran Mohammad Khatami about the fact that Nizami Gyanjevi is an Iranian poet is plain truth. Nizami wrote and created in Persian. He does not have any literary works in Azerbaijani. "Azerbaijan doe not have a single proof, not a single fact that could testify to the fact that Nizami wrote in Azerbaijani. He did not read his poems in Azerbaijani. He read them in Persian and later they were translated into Azerbaijani", the ambassador said. He also spoke against calling Shakhriar an Azeri poet. It is noteworthy that the phenomenon of presenting Iranian poets as Azeri poets began yet in 1960s with the coming of Heidar Aliev first as a head of National Security Office and later as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.
In this connection it is worth quoting the phrase of 19th century English Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: In reply to the question why there is no anti-Semitism in Great Britain, Disraeli (a christened Jew) said: "the English simply do not think that Jews are smarter".
Most likely, Azerbaijan wants to win the support of United States in the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh problem and makes a curtsey towards Turkey hoping that United States will note that. And since Turkey is still one of the strategic partners of US in the region, the actions of Azeri authorities are more than "justified". Even more "justified" is the behavior of Azeris in the light of threats to Iran. It is true, but nevertheless Iran is not Iraq or Afghanistan. Iran accepts threats quite adequately. Azerbaijan cannot afford things that the West can, all the more appropriation of Persian cultural heritage.
The mess stirred up after the announcements made by the chairman of the world congress of Azeris Javad Derekhty about the creation of united Azerbaijan. In reply to this, the ambassador of Iran in Azerbaijan said: "They want to unite and create united Azerbaijan. But they should not even dream about that".
This announcement was followed by the reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran. The diplomatic note from Iranian foreign ministry said: "Under conditions when Azerbaijan has faced the problem of territorial integrity, such announcements contradict to national interests and are harmful for the strengthening of mutual relations. The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly urges Azerbaijan to immediately put an end to such actions, stop the activities of anti-Iranian elements and maintain the amicable agreement between the two countries. Let us live and see how Azerbaijan benefits from such announcements. Though I am the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in your country, I myself am an Iranian Azeri. In Iran there is a large number of parties and organizations, which try to undertake certain actions in the republic. We do not create favorable conditions for them. Such announcements may create serious problems in future. It is necessary to put an end to speculations of that kind. The state should not allow anyone to speak out against the interest of another country during an official event. Such people will not do good to Azerbaijan".
It is not we to decide will they do good or not. But the fact is that official Baku has already started rewriting not only their own history, but also the history of Iran. Azeri "historians" seem to have forgotten that playing with Iran is very dangerous.
Iranian Ambassador Suleymani has reminded once again that everything written by the former President of Iran Mohammad Khatami about the fact that Nizami Gyanjevi is an Iranian poet is plain truth. Nizami wrote and created in Persian. He does not have any literary works in Azerbaijani. "Azerbaijan doe not have a single proof, not a single fact that could testify to the fact that Nizami wrote in Azerbaijani. He did not read his poems in Azerbaijani. He read them in Persian and later they were translated into Azerbaijani", the ambassador said. He also spoke against calling Shakhriar an Azeri poet. It is noteworthy that the phenomenon of presenting Iranian poets as Azeri poets began yet in 1960s with the coming of Heidar Aliev first as a head of National Security Office and later as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.
In this connection it is worth quoting the phrase of 19th century English Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: In reply to the question why there is no anti-Semitism in Great Britain, Disraeli (a christened Jew) said: "the English simply do not think that Jews are smarter".
