Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal

Source: Reuters

Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal

Parisa Hafezi and Andrew Osborn
Sat, August 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM EDT
4 min read

DUBAI/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Iran threatened on Saturday to block a corridor planned in the Caucasus under a regional deal sponsored by U.S. President Donald Trump, Iranian media reported, raising a new question mark over a peace plan hailed as a strategically important shift.

A top Azerbaijani diplomat said earlier that the plan, announced by Trump on Friday, was just one step from a final peace deal between his country and Armenia, which reiterated its support for the plan.

The proposed Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) would run across southern Armenia, giving Azerbaijan a direct route to its exclave of Nakhchivan and in turn to Turkey.

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It was not immediately clear how Iran, which borders the area, would block it but the statement from Ali Akbar Velayati, top adviser to Iran's supreme leader, raised questions over its security.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-backed-peace-push-leaves-145204202.html

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tRump just made a real estate deal next door to Iran. What can possibly go wrong?