“The regime of mullahs” must know that by putting pressure on Azerbaijan, it can not bring to power Khomeinism, the pressure on Azerbaijan will give a negative effect and cause protests in the Southern Azerbaijan, Khalidi said.
Khalidi said the Iranian side is opposed to the arrests of religious persons, in whose houses the law enforcement officers found weapons and ammunition, and who call for a change of government in Azerbaijan. But the Azerbaijanis voiced similar calls in Iran, they would be executed. Iran stands behind the religious parties distributing appeals against the secular state and secular education in Azerbaijan. These are specially trained people, head of the Azerbaijani Centre for Strategic Studies in Canada, political scientist Aslan Khalidi said at the news conference today.