Correct. This said, we should never lose sight of the overarching powers acting in the background, which have actually been masterminding, inciting and empowering Baku's anti-Iranian tendency. With the zionist topping the list, followed by NATO.
In situations like these, when Iran's major existential enemies (i.e. the zio-American empire) move to prop up some proxy regime (like some of the PGCC ones, Baku or the KRG) or some terrorist grouplet (like ""SIS) against Iran and/or the Resistance, it is of upmost importance to avoid considering the proxy as the ultimate, superior threat as compared to the patron.
Causing Iranians to get the hierarchy of adversaries wrong is actually one of the objectives pursued by the enemy's psychological warfare and propaganda departments. Of course, they are at the same time busy trying to brainwash Iranians into outright siding with the zionist and NATO regimes.
However when it comes to those Iranians patriotic and clear-sighted enough not to fall for this obvious type of enticement, if the enemy can nonetheless influence them into classifying the regimes in Baku, Arbil or Ryadh as well as "I"SIS and similar terrorists as bigger and more urgent threats than Washington and Tel Aviv (whilst without Isra"el" and NATO, neither Ryadh, nor Baku, nor Arbil, nor "I"SIS would ever have been capable of causing the slightest concerns for Iran), then the enemy will consider this as a victory in the realm of information warfare.
Couple of necessary reminders about the case at hand:
* The primary theoretical thinker of contemporary Azari separatism is not Azari, but an Isra"el"i scholar by the name of Brenda Schaffer, who furthermore is holding meetings with political figures in Baku and advising them on how to challenge Iran.
Example of a written work by Schaffer, titled
Iran is More than Persia and published by the so-called Foundation for the Defence of Democracies (FDD), a Washington-based hawkish pro-zionist "think tank":
https://www.fdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/fdd-monograph-iran-is-more-than-persia.pdf
* Zionists in the Republic of Azarbaijan, often dual nationals of zionist political persuasion, are prominently engaged in the promotion of this anti-Iranian line, which is calling for the adoption by Baku of an Azari irredentist agenda.
One such activist is Isra"el"i analyst Arye Gut, who could be seen encouraging Baku to choose a confrontative stance vis à vis Iran, especially through advocacy of anti-Iranian "ethno"-separatism.
نقش آریه گوت صهیونیست در تولید محتوای مکتوب صهیونیستی درباره جنگ دوم قره باغ
تحریک الهام علی اف توسط صهیونیست ها
By the way, the website hosting the two articles mentioned above (Qafqaz.ir), is a highly recommended source for all questions pertaining to Iran's relations with Baku. It is well made and shows that Islamic Iran is not staying passive nor ignoring the menace, contrary to certain allegations we hear from time to time.
* Tel Aviv's backing represents a strong source of motivation for pan-Turkist elements in the Republic of Azarbaijan to take on Iran and cross basic red lines. In fact, these forces are essentially relying and banking on zionist support for their endeavours.
As one TV presenter from Baku put it recently, if the Azarbaijani military is capable of holding its ground against Iran (in his opinion), that's not just because of Turkish but also because of zionist support. The presenter goes on to describe the Isra"el"is as "friends and brothers", and salutes them with a heartfelt "shalom".
* Zionist influence in Baku is so pregnant that Tel Aviv has become one of the first (if not the first) supplier of arms to the Republic of Azarbaijan, while Baku's diplomatic apparatus is said to have encouraged Turkey to refresh ties with the zionist entity.
Here's what the zionist regime's ambassador to Baku stated a couple of days ago in this regard:
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In short, one cannot correctly assess the anti-Iranian provocations coming out of Baku without taking into account the decisive underlying zionist factor.
