Khamenei: Nagorno-Karabakh must return to Azerbaijan

Iran's supreme leer said on Tuesday that Nagor-Karabakh must return to Azerbaijan, calling for a prompt end to ongoing conflict. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a “bitter incident.”Fighting over disputed territory of Nagor-Karabakh is w in its sixth week.

Khamenei warned of presence of "terrorists" in conflict.Iran "will counter m decisively" if y are close to its borders, he said. Nagor-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan but has been under control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a war re ended in 1994.

Khamenei, 81, as supreme leer has final say on all matters of state in Iran.In his speech, he also criticised French President Emmanuel Macron over his defence of caricatures of Prophet Mohamm, following beheing of a teacher in Paris who h shown cartoons to pupils during a lesson about freedom of expression.

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