By Madison Ruppert

Editor of End the Lie

Recently Azerbaijan signed a deal with Israel for a whopping $1.6 billion in weapons including drones, anti-aircraft missile systems and missile defense systems, according to a statement from Israel Aerospace Industries which was confirmed by Israeli officials, and this has seemingly raised some alarms in Tehran.

In response to the deal, Iranian state media reported that Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned Azerbaijani Ambassador Javanshir Akhundov to explain the massive purchase, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

While Akhundov confirmed the purchase from Israel, he claimed that Azerbaijan needed the military hardware to “liberate occupied Azerbaijani land.”

By this he likely means Armenia and the contested Nogorno-Karabakh enclave which is currently occupied by political authorities loyal to Armenia.

Abbas Araqchi, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, warned Akhundov not to give permission to Israel to use Azerbaijani territory to launch terrorist attacks on Iran.

While Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty uses the typical establishment media tactic of attempting to delegitimize the statements by putting terrorist acts in quotes, in reality the collusion between Israeli intelligence and terrorists has been well documented and confirmed by anonymous U.S. officials earlier this month.

Iran and Azerbaijan have been butting heads quite a bit this month like on February 12 when Iran accused Azerbaijan of collaborating with the Israeli Mossad and even facilitating the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.

Read more: http://EndtheLie.com/2012/02/29/iran-complains-of-creeping-zionist-influence-in-caucasus-after-1-6-billion-arms-deal-signed/#ixzz1nnvUFncc