The Zangezur Corridor is particularly special because Armenia agreed to open it as part of the ceasefire statement of November 10, 2020, that ended the Second Karabakh War.

Axar.az reports that Matthew Bryza, the former U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, stated this.

- The expert responded to the possibility of Russia abusing Iran regarding the Zangezur corridor:

I don't believe that Russia is looking in any way to abuse Iran. And in fact, Russia has grown dependent on Iran for Shahed drones and now ballistic missiles for its use inside of Ukraine against civilian targets. So what's happening with regard to the Zangezur Corridor and Azerbaijan and Armenia doesn't really have to do with Iran directly. As you know, Armenia under Prime Minister Pashinyan has decided that it wants to reduce its security connections with Russia after, from Armenia's perspective, Russia didn't intervene during the second Karabakh war or during Azerbaijan's operations last September to eliminate the separatist regime in Stepanakert (Khankendi) and to force Armenian soldiers to withdraw from that Karabakh-Azerbaijani territory as was agreed in the November 10, 2020 ceasefire statement among Prime Minister Pashinyan, President Aliyev and President Putin. So, as Armenia moves closer to the United States and the European Union and away from Russia, Russia has moved closer to Azerbaijan.

- Considering the Zangezur being particularly special, there’s a growing concern among Armenian people about control over the corridor, the expert stated.

The Zangezur Corridor is particularly special because Armenia agreed to open it as part of the ceasefire statement of November 10, 2020, that ended the Second Karabakh War. But it has hesitated subsequently to fulfill that commitment because people in Armenia argue that the corridor would be controlled by Azerbaijan and therefore would violate Armenia's sovereignty. And then on the Iranian side, Iran agrees with that concern and then thinks its access across Armenia would be cut off.

The expert continues expressing his viewpoint on the matter:

In my view, that's an incorrect interpretation of the November 10, 2020 ceasefire statement, which calls for all transit routes in the area to be open. That statement stipulates that the Zangezur Corridor would not be controlled by Azerbaijan. In fact, security would be provided by Russia.

So I think all of the tension among Russia and Iran and Armenia and the Zangezur Corridor has to do with what I just described, the broader geopolitics in the background, and not that Russia is trying to abuse Iran.

- Iran’s access to all of Armenia and beyond is the key focus of the Iranian government, says Matthew Bryza.

Iran simply wants to make sure that the corridor does not become a block on Iran's access to all of Armenia and beyond Armenia to Georgia and elsewhere. As I was saying, Iran has said its concern, like Armenia, that if the Zangezur Corridor is formed, it will be controlled by Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan will try to transform the corridor into sovereign Azerbaijani territory. I don't believe personally that that is Azerbaijan's goal, but that's the fear that the governments of Armenia and Iran are expressing.