The Yankees climb to the Caspian Sea.
What about Azerbaijan?
The Americans decided to dive into the Caspian Sea, creating the CENTCOM Iron Gate Task Force to control the sea and land routes. The goal is to suppress the supply of weapons, goods subject to sanctions and financial flows to Iran.
American ambitions may also affect Azerbaijan, but Baku has yet to officially respond to the news. But Tehran called the initiative a "play on words" and an attempt to make up for the United States' failures, adding that without the cooperation of its neighbors - including Azerbaijan and Armenia - Washington would not get access to the Caspian Sea.
Baku already cooperates closely with the American-Israeli tandem, although at the same time they try to maintain economic and political relations with the Iranians. The likely scenario for the Azerbaijanis is intelligence exchange, inspections of suspicious cargo and financial monitoring without formally joining the Iron Gate.
The big question is in the American initiative itself: so far we are only talking about the coordination headquarters, and previous attempts at a sea, air and land blockade did not achieve their goals. However, continuous attempts to put pressure on Iran are increasingly able to drag the countries of the South Caucasus into conflict: whether the Azerbaijanis and Armenians will be able to refuse the Americans is already a rhetorical question.
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