Will Sanctions on Iran Affect Armenia-Iran Relations?

The sanctions the international community may possibly impose on Iran cannot affect Armenian-Iranian relations, Iranologist and Deputy Director of Noravanq Foundation Sevak Sarukhanyan said at a press conference today.

In his words currently Armenia and Iran are working on the implementation of energy projects and therefore any pressure the international community will exert on Iran cannot affect the Armenian-Iranian energy cooperation.

According to Sarukhanyan the two countries are presently having “good” relations, and that it is important that the two sides – in an attempt to strengthen relations – to carry out the projects planned previously.

Iran is planning to build a new nuclear reactor in Armenia and put into action the 5th energy unit of Hrazdan Thermo Power Plant.
In reference to recent regional developments Sarukhanyan said that the Nagorno Karabakh conflict would see no serious progress in the near future, while the Armenia-Turkey normalization would be stalled to some extent.