The political effect of the construction of the Zangzor Corridor on the geopolitical weight of the Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, AJA Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author)

2 Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Master's degree in Geopolitics, AJA Command and Staff University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract
Zangzor Corridor as a key and strategic space that allows Azerbaijan access to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic according to clause 9of the tripartite agreement in Moscow, and due to this access, it is possible to connect the Turkic territories.The present article is descriptive-analytical in nature, focusing on the security theory of the Copenhagen school, and seeks to identify and analyze the political effects of the Zangzor Corridor on the geopolitical weight of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The findings of the article show that the Zangzor Corridor due to the change of international borders,the reduction of the dependence of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Iran, the increase of identity confrontations, the diminution of Iran in the east-west axis, the gaining of power of Iran's geopolitical rival in the region, the military alliances of Azerbaijan weaken the geopolitical position of Iran in The Caucasus region and issues such as Turkey's spatial connectivity with the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea and Central Asian countries, the increase in relations between Turkic-speaking countries and the loss of Iran's right of transit, including the reasons for the expansion of Turkey's geopolitical sphere of influence in the Caucasus and the expansion of NATO's sphere of influence to the east, can be The geopolitical weight of the Islamic Republic of Iran has a negative role.

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