Tehran signals opposition to strategic corridor in Trump-backed peace pact

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Iran threatened to stop a planned transit in the Caucasus under a regional agreement organized by US President Donald Trump on Saturday, Iranian media said, a new question mark on a peace plan, which has been described as a significant change.

A senior Azerbaijan diplomat had earlier said that the plan, announced by Trump on Friday, was just one step from the final peace agreement between his country and Armenia, which reaffirmed its support for the project.

The proposed Trump Route (trip) for international peace and prosperity will run in southern Armenia, and will give Azerbaijan a direct passage to Nakhchens and consequently Turkey.

The United States will have special development rights of transit, which the White House said would facilitate more energy and other resources.

It was not immediately clear how Iran, which is connected to the area, will stop it, but the statement of Ali Akbar Valery, the top adviser to the Iranian top leader, raised questions about his security.

He said that military exercises in northwestern Iran showed the preparations and commitment of the Islamic Republic to prevent any geographical political changes.

“This transit will not be owned by Trump, but will become a cemetery for Trump’s fares,” said Villati.

Earlier, the Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed the deal “as an important step towards lasting regional peace”, but it has warned against any foreign intervention near its borders that can “harm the region’s security and lasting stability”.

Analysts and insiders say Iran is pressing US on its controversial nuclear program, and after a 12 -day war with Israel in June, lack of military force to stop the transit.

Moscow says the West should be clean

Trump welcomed Azerbaijan President Al -Hamayev and Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pashinian at the White House on Friday and signed a joint statement to draw a line under the decades -long dispute.

Russia, a traditional broker and a strategic southern Caucasus region, was not included in Armenia’s ally, crossing with oil and gas pipelines, yet its border guards are located on the border of Armenia and Iran.

While Moscow said it had supported the summit, it proposed to implement solutions created by the countries of the region, with the support of the countries of the region – Russia, Iran and Turkey, to avoid the name of the “tragic experience of Western efforts” to mediate in the Middle East.

Turkey, a NATO member, welcomed the agreement, a close ally of Azerbaijan.

Baku and Jerusan have been in trouble since the late 1980s, when most of the ethnic Armenians, a mountainous area of Azerbaijan, was separated from Azerbaijan in collaboration with Nagarano-Karabakh, Armenia. Azerbaijan withdrew full control of the region in 2023, indicating about 100,000 ethnic Armenian residents of all the region to flee Armenia.

“The hostility chapter is closed and we are now moving towards lasting peace,” said Azerbaijan ambassador to the UK.

“This is an example change,” said Suleimov, who is one of the most senior diplomats in his country as a former Washington envoy, who worked in President Aliyu’s office.

Suleimov refused to speculate on the speculation that when the final peace agreement was signed, however, noting that Aliyu had said he wanted it to be soon.

Solomonov said, who had to amend his constitution to eliminate a reference to Nagarano-Carbakh for Armenia, said, only one obstacle.

“Azerbaijan is ready to sign at any time when Armenia in its constitution fulfills the basic commitment to abolish its regional claim against Azerbaijan,” he said.

Many questions were not answered

Pishinian called for a referendum to change the constitution this year, but no date has been fixed yet. Armenia is to hold parliamentary elections in June 2026, and the new constitution is expected to be prepared before the vote.

The Armenian leader said on X that the Washington Summit has paved the way for decades of conflicts and the elimination of open transport connection, which will unlock strategic economic opportunities.

When it was asked when the transit railway route would begin, Suleimov said it would depend on cooperation between the United States and Armenia, which he said was already in talks.

Joshua Kosra, a senior South Caucasian analyst from the international crisis group, said that Trump would not have won the easy victory, which he hoped that the contracts did not answer many questions.

The issue of Armenia’s constitution has continued to threaten to remove the process, and it was unclear how the new transport corridor would work practically.

“The key details are missing, how will customs check and security work, and the nature of mutual access to the Azerbaijan area of Armenia, it can be serious stumbling,” Cosira said.

Suleimov suggested that Russia, which still has widespread security and economic interests in Armenia, is being replied.

“If anyone else can benefit from it, they can benefit from it,” he said.