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RufatAhmadzada
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PhD candidate and graduate of City, St George’s University of London. My research area covers Azerbaijan, Iran and the South Caucasus region.
A change in Iran from theocracy to secularism is also in Azerbaijan’s national interests and might help to mend the ties between the countries.

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An Iranian Collapse Poses Security Risks for the Azerbaijan Republic — Global Security Review
Strategic Adversaries Deterrence
globalsecurityreview.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A more democratic Iran would also serve Azerbaijan's national interests and might help to mend the ties between the countries.

www.institude.org/opinion/an-i...
AN IRANIAN COLLAPSE WOULD POSE SECURITY RISKS FOR AZERBAIJAN
The protests in Iran are continuing to escalate. What started as a protest by traders against the fall in the value of the local currency, rising prices, economic mismanagement and worsening economic ...
www.institude.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The Collapse of Iran’s Proxy Strategy Exposes the Limits of Asymmetric Warfare

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The Collapse of Iran's Proxy Strategy Exposes the Limits of Asymmetric Warfare | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Israel and the U.S. dealt a decisive blow to Iran’s nuclear program and proxy strategy, exposing the limits of proxy warfare.
smallwarsjournal.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Iran met kernwapens is existentieel veiligheidsrisico voor Azerbeidzjan en de Kaukasus www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
‘Iran met kernwapens is existentieel veiligheidsrisico voor Azerbeidzjan en de Kaukasus’
Iran koestert een historische en politieke wrok tegen de Azerbeidzjaanse identiteit en soevereiniteit.
www.bnr.nl
July 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As #Iran has gained the tools and necessary understanding of enrichment technology, it was unrealistic to think that Iran would completely terminate its enrichment capabilities without the pressure of a war or regime change. globalsecurityreview.com/a-nuclear-ir...
A Nuclear Iran Would Pose an Existential Threat to the South Caucasus — Global Security Review
Allies & Extended Deterrence Deterrence
globalsecurityreview.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Discriminatory policies on ethnic linguistic and cultural issues by the Iranian regime coupled with environmental neglect & mismanagement are causing friction among the local population in Urmia who recently took to the streets to protest.

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Urmia Protests Expose Iran’s Failing Ethnic Policies
Protests in Urmia highlight growing unrest among Iran's Azerbaijani Turks over ethnic discrimination, environmental neglect, and the regime’s divisive identity politics.
intpolicydigest.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
With Soleimani Gone, Iran’s Regional Hegemony Faces Setbacks blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2020/02/...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
IRANIAN DRUG CARTELS POSE GROWING CHALLENGE TO AZERBAIJAN’S SECURITY
#Azerbaijan #Iran

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Iran: Drug Cartels Pose Challenge to Azerbaijan's security - Stratheia
Azerbaijan arrested dozens of individuals accused of working for Iranian intelligence services in promoting Iranian propaganda
stratheia.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Iran’s Multidimensional Strategy

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Iran’s Multidimensional Strategy — Global Security Review
Deterrence
globalsecurityreview.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Iran’s Resistance to the Zangezur Corridor Reflects Its Broader Opposition to Peace in the South Caucasus

moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/09/17/i...
Iran's Resistance to the Zangezur Corridor Reflects Its Broader Opposition to Peace in the South Caucasus
Iranian officials, MPs, ambassadors, media outlets and experts launched a coordinated rhetorical campaign against the Zangezur Corridor
moderndiplomacy.eu
April 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
For an irreversible and lasting peace to be achieved, Armenia needs to remove territorial claims from its constitution & legislative documents. www.e-ir.info/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion – For Lasting Peace Armenia Needs to Remove Territorial Claims From Its Constitution
The draft agreement on peace does not address reparations and responsibility for the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
www.e-ir.info
April 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
US Needs to support strong Azerbaijan-Israel strategic ties blogs.timesofisrael.com/us-needs-to-...
The Blogs: US Needs to support strong Azerbaijan-Israel strategic ties
From the blog of Rufat Ahmadzada at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM