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Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) appeared on the pages of leading Iranian newspapers in past days, receiving rather interesting references, Armen Israyelyan, an expert on Iranian studies said on Facebook. 

Thus, one of the Iranian newspapers made a reference to the Shiite historical and cultural monuments in the Artsakh territory, as well as the ongoing activities by the Artsakh government to renovate them.

The expert detailed the second media reference is about the interview given by Artsakh Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan to Iranian Shargh Daily, where Mr. Mayilyan touched upon the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process, the efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group in this direction, Iran’s position on the Karabakh conflict and the 2016 April war, in this context highlighting Azerbaijan inflicted a huge blow to the peace talks by unleashing the war.

Commenting on the question by Iranian expert on the Caucasus, Salar Seifeddine regarding the possible return of some territories in the final settlement of the conflict, he said: “We have no other territories outside the Artsakh borders, what we have is totally a part of Artsakh. Certainly, there are some regions currently under the Azerbaijani control, such as Shahumyan region, some parts of Martakert and Martuni regions, i.e. some 15 percent of the Artsakh Republic’s territory. The powers envisaged by the Artsakh Constitution refer to the entire republic, which means the same rules apply for capital city Stepanakert or a settlement on the banks of Araks river.”