Major Exercise Underway Near Border With Azerbaijan

The Iranian military is in the midst of a large-scale exercise near the border with Azerbaijan, reports Eurasianet.

The Mighty Iran drills began on Oct. 17 and has included practice crossings of the Aras River, which defines much of the Iranian border with Azerbaijan.

The drills follow recent warnings to Baku about a planned transport route connecting the Azerbaijani Nakhchivan exclave with the mainland in a route it calls the “Zangezur corridor.”

The route passes along the Armenian...