Zangezur corridor is part of the plan to transfer pressure from Ukraine to the Caucasus — Velayati

The implementation of the Zangezur Corridor project is aimed at undermining Iran's national security and the country's strategic ties. This was stated by the adviser to the leader of Iran on international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati, Tasnim news agency reports.

Velayati noted that the Zangezur Corridor is a geopolitical scheme led by the United States and Israel.

"Iran's enemies ... are consistently trying to undermine the foundations of this identity in order to damage our national security. In this context, plans such as the Zangezur Corridor are being implemented as a cover for broader geopolitical projects. The main goal is to weaken the axis of resistance, sever Iran's ties with the Caucasus and establish a land blockade of Iran and Russia is in the south of the region," the adviser said.

According to him, the project is not only part of the US strategy to transfer pressure from Ukraine to the Caucasus, but is also supported by NATO and some pan-Turkic movements.

Iran initially clearly and strongly opposed these actions, even deploying forces near the border to show that national security is its red line, he noted.

As EADaily reported, Armenia did not accept the US offer to lease a 42 km road through Syunik — the "Zangezur Corridor". This was stated by the head of the People's Assembly Commission on European Integration Arman Egoyan.

It should be recalled that the information Department of the Armenian government has denied the information of the Spanish Periodista Digita publication about the coordination by Yerevan, Baku and Washington of a memorandum on the creation of the Zangezur Corridor — the Trump Bridge.

According to the newspaper, the memorandum provides for the implementation of a 42-kilometer corridor project that will pass through the Syunik region of Armenia. Control over the road will allegedly pass to the United States, which will send 1,000 PMCs there.