1/5 - JUST IN - Significant post from #Iran's Ambassador in #Yerevan, #Armenia: "Calling Turkey's Ambassador [in Iran] for consultations to Iran's Foreign Ministry and the Iranian people's reaction [to #Erdogan's speech in #Azerbaijan] shows how delicately and seriously Iran's... https://twitter.com/iraninyerevan/status/1337501602580729857

2/5 - government and people will treat any misinterpretations of historical realities in the region."

Why is it significant? Out of 643 tweets since December 2018, only 26 have been in Armenian and directly related to Armenia-Iran politics and culture, the rest

3/5 - non-Armenia related general foreign policy topics (sanctions, culture, tourism, Trump/Pompeo, Covid, etc.). In recent weeks Iran's further rapprochement with Azerbaijan left some sectors in Armenia puzzled as to the habitual neutrality of Tehran on the Karabakh

4/5 - issue, particulalry, Tehran's statemnet 3 days ago welcoming Azerbaijan's restauration of territorial integrity [sic], referring to Karabakh.

Tehran's statement to Baku on 9 December (see thread below) https://twitter.com/NKobserver/status/1336771051447980032?s=20

5/5 - This tweet, addressed by Iran's very Ambassador in Armenia, Badashkhan Zohuri, possibly seeks to give a stronger message if its engagement in the region. The only other Armenian mention of Ambassador Zohuri was on 3 Feb. 2020, when he presented his credentials (photo below)