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Allahshukur Pashazadeh’s Iran visit will be unproductive, Azerbaijani political analyst Vafa Guluzade told Azadliq newspaper in an interview, according to haqyolu.com Persian language webpage. 

Speaking of the scheduled Iran visit of the head of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO), the Azerbaijani analyst said, “Iran wants Azerbaijan to take practical moves and justify its expectations. But Azerbaijan is unable to do it. I think Pashazadeh’s Iran visit will be unproductive.”

Commenting on the recent tension in Iran-Azerbaijan relations, the author of the article says, “Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has three times been invited to visit Iran but none of the visits took place. To please Iran, the Azerbaijani authorities have sent head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev and head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration's department for social and political affairs Ali Hasanov to Tehran but both visits were unsuccessful.”

“This time the Azerbaijani authorities are sending Pashazadeh to Iran hopeful that he can solve the existing problems as a result of a meeting with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,” the author concludes.

According to the Iranian news agency IRIB, head of the Caucasus Muslims Office Allahshukur Pashazadeh is today leaving for Iran on an official visit.

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