Iran stands behind the religious parties distributing appeals against the secular state and secular education in Azerbaijan. These are specially trained people, head of the Azerbaijani Centre for Strategic Studies in Canada, political scientist Aslan Khalidi said at the news conference today. Since 1991, the Iranian secret services have begun to sabotage in Azerbaijan, he said. "Since then, Iran wants to turn Azerbaijan into a small Palestine. Iran has tried to prepare in Azerbaijan forces against Israel, the U.S. and other countries wishing to cooperate with us," Khalidi said.
“The regime of mullahs” must know that by putting pressure on Azerbaijan, it can not bring to power Khomeinism, the pressure on Azerbaijan will give a negative effect and cause protests in the Southern Azerbaijan, Khalidi said.