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Hind Al Soulia - Riyadh - Iran said an unidentified drone crashed near its border with Azerbaijan on Tuesday, as Baku and Yerevan accused each other of violating a truce in fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.
The drone crashed in a village in Parsabad county, Ardebil province, along Iran's northern border, deputy governor Behrouz Nedayi told Iran’s state news agency IRNA.
"The drone's identity and cause of its crash in the area are being investigated," he said, reporting no damage.
According to IRNA, the drone "may belong to Azerbaijan or Armenia's army given the fighting beyond Iran's northern border".
The two neighbours have for decades been locked in a dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnically Armenian area which broke away from Baku in a 1990s war that cost around 30,000 lives.
Retired police officer Genadiy Avanesyan, 73, searches for belongings in the remains of his house, which is said was destroyed by Azeri shelling, in the city of Stepanaker. AFP
Yasin Budakov, 40, holds a book which his kid forgot to take when they were running out of his damaged flat as residents return to their homes following a ceasefire during a military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. AFP
Iman Abisiv carries his belongings from his damaged home after a ceasefire begins during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the city of Terter, Azerbaijan. Reuters
A man looks out from his damaged home after a ceasefire begins during the fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the city of Terter, Azerbaijan. Reuters
A man rummages through the remains of a home that was damaged by Azeri artillery in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. Getty
A woman sits in ruins of her house after shelling by Armenian's artillery during fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Terter, Azerbaijan. AP
Razim Mehmedov, 40, sits in a bedroom of his flat that was damaged and burnt by shelling as residents return to their homes following a ceasefire during a military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the town of Terter, Azerbaijan. AFP
Xatire Celilova stands inside her destroyed flat following a ceasefire during a military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. AFP
A man stands with his kid by a car outside a damaged apartment building after the family took their last belongings from their flat during a ceasefire during a military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. AFP
On Tuesday, Armenian and Azerbaijani forces engaged in new fighting despite pleas from world and regional powers to observe a ceasefire agreed last week.
The International Committee of the Red Cross urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to finalise arrangements for it to handle an exchange of detainees and bodies from the conflict, which has left almost 600 dead, including 73 civilians, according to a tally based on partial tolls from both sides.
"To date we keep discussing intensely with the sides on this topic. But no meaningful agreement has been reached yet that will allow us to actually proceed to such an exchange," Martin Schuepp, ICRC Eurasia regional director, told a news briefing in Geneva, adding that it was passing proposals "back and forth".
"So discussions are going on with the sides, and we hope that the conditions will be met in order to actually implement such an operation in the future," he said, also calling for security guarantees to be provided for ICRC staff.
Iran has called on both sides to cease hostilities and offered to facilitate talks.
According to some estimates, Azeris make up 10 million of the 80-million population of Iran, which is also home to almost 100,000 Armenians.
The European Union and Iran have also called on the parties to properly observe the ceasefire.
But concerns remain over the role of Turkey, which has strongly backed Azerbaijan and stands accused, notably by French President Emmanuel Macron, of dispatching pro-Ankara Syrian militia to assist Baku.
According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 1,450 such fighters have gone to Azerbaijan including 250 who travelled in the last week alone.
It said that 119 of them have died, with 78 of them already repatriated to Syria with other bodies still in Azerbaijan.
Armenia is part of a regional Russia-led security group but Moscow has so far refused to become implicated in the conflict.
Yet analysts say Turkey's involvement will put further strain on the alliance between President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Updated: October 13, 2020 03:37 PM
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