Iran is ready to help end the tension in South Caucasus. The Foreign Ministry spokesman stated about this, speaking at a press conference on Monday, Mehr reported.

Commenting on the recent escalation of tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Nasser Kanani stressed, "The frank and clear position of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the developments in the South Caucasus region has been officially expressed many times at different levels and there is no ambiguity."

"Unfortunately, since Tuesday of last week, we witnessed the beginning of new border conflicts between the two countries of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, which has led to the death and injury of a large number of both sides. Based on the neighborhood policy and trying to help constructively to resolve regional crises, Iran started political efforts as soon as possible," he noted.

The senior Iranian diplomat added that the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, had a telephonic conversation with the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, during which Iranian President Raisi expressed the views and positions of Iran regarding the issue and conveyed his political recommendations to the Armenian side.

Kanani added that the two top diplomats of Iran and Azerbaijan also held a telephone conversation and discussed the issue.

"As before, Iran, which had not spared any help to end the conflicts since the beginning of the crisis, acted quickly and tried to establish a ceasefire and return peace to the borders of the two countries with diplomatic efforts. Iran's principled positions are clear and we believe in the necessity of using political approaches and solutions to end conflicts and reduce tension and enter into political dialogues to resolve the differences between the two countries," the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman continued.