Tension in Iranian-Azerbaijani relations is not so serious, as it is the Parliaments rather than the top officials that are disputing, Vardan Voskanyan, Dean of the Department of oriental Studies, Yerevan State University, told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“In fact, the bilateral relations can hardly be called tense. They are strained,” the expert said. Regular disagreements between Iran and Azerbaijan have impacts on bilateral relations, without, however, causing any serious consequences.

The expert stressed that the recent strain on Iranian-Azerbaijani relations should be viewed in the context of external influence. “Some forces are trying to use Azerbaijan as a platform of anti-Iranian propaganda. It is no coincidence that the Baku-Teheran dispute has overlapped the domestic political tension in Iran,” Voskanyan said.