The BBC also published material on the joint exercises of special forces of the Armenian and Iranian armed forces on the border of the two countries.

Axar.az reports that the material stated that the exercises held on April 9 and 10 included “measures to neutralize attacks by simulated terrorist groups on border crossing points.”

It was emphasized that these exercises, which are actually short-term and local events, reflect large-scale changes in the geopolitics of the region. Thus, the exercises are being conducted around the Agarak/Norduz border crossing point, which has been guarded by the Border Service of the Russian Federal Security Service since the collapse of the USSR. Russian border guards in this area have been replaced by Armenian border guards since January 2025.

"Amid the escalation of the Iran-Israeli and Iran-American confrontations, the US-Armenia strategic partnership agreement, concluded in the last days of the Joe Biden administration, cannot help but worry Iranian politicians.

The first-ever joint training of Armenian and Iranian special forces shows that Armenian diplomats have managed to convince their Iranian colleagues that Yerevan's pro-Western course is not directed against its southern neighbor," the BBC noted.