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Armenian Mother Shot by Azerbaijani Soldier Says Her Children Would Be Dead Had She Waited for Police
An Armenian mother who was shot while fighting off an armed Azerbaijani soldier inside her home says she and her two children would not have survived had she not intervened. Speaking publicly about the October 1 attack for the first time, she also questioned why authorities failed to warn residents that an Azerbaijani serviceman was believed to have crossed into Armenia two days earlier. Ani Avetisyan, 39, described the confrontation in an interview with Azatutyun, the Armeni
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2 days ago
Pashinyan and Aliyev Seen Laughing Together as Armenian Mother Recovers a Week After Being Shot by an Azerbaijani Soldier
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev were seen sitting together, talking and laughing during a two-day visit to Turkmenistan, just one week after an Azerbaijani soldier illegally crossed into Armenia and shot a mother who was trying to protect her children. The two leaders traveled to Turkmenistan for a summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on October 8-9. Their interactions were captured in videos circulated on media
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4 days ago
Pashinyan Declares Peace With Azerbaijan, Acknowledges Fate of Armenian POWs Remains Unresolved
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Friday that peace with Azerbaijan has become a reality after more than three decades of conflict, but acknowledged that the fate of Armenian detainees, missing persons and other humanitarian concerns remains unresolved. Speaking at a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit in Turkmenistan on October 9, Pashinyan pointed to the U.S.-brokered agreement initialed by Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House on August 8, 2025,
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5 days ago
European Parliament Demands Release of Armenian POWs Held in Azerbaijan in New Resolution
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on political prisoners in Azerbaijan that includes a call for the immediate and unconditional release of Armenian detainees, including former senior officials of Nagorno-Karabakh. The resolution passed with 492 votes in favor, 23 against and 60 abstentions. French Member of the European Parliament Marina Mesure, one of the resolution’s co-authors, said Armenian prisoners were not mentioned in the original draft but were added f
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5 days ago
Former German Spy Chief Detained in Espionage Case as Investigators Examine Reported Azerbaijan Link
A former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service has been placed in pretrial detention in an espionage case involving thousands of sensitive documents, as German media report investigators are examining a possible connection to Azerbaijan. August Hanning, 80, who led the Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, from 1998 to 2005, was arrested. Germany’s Federal Court of Justice issued a formal arrest warrant Wednesday, allowing authorities to keep him in custody as the in
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7 days ago
More Than 100 U.S. Lawmakers Urge Rubio to Halt Military Aid to Azerbaijan
More than 100 members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to halt U.S. military assistance to Azerbaijan, arguing that Washington should not provide security aid while Armenian prisoners remain in Azerbaijani custody and Azerbaijani forces remain inside Armenia. The bipartisan letter, signed by 26 senators and 75 House members, also raises concerns over the destruction of Armenian cultural and religious sites in Nagorno-Karabakh. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich.,
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7 days ago
Azerbaijani Serviceman Detained for Two Months After Crossing Into Armenia, Shooting Woman
An Armenian court has ordered Azerbaijani serviceman Nasimi Rahim Oglu Musayev held for two months as authorities investigate his alleged illegal crossing into Armenia and a shooting that seriously wounded a woman in the southern village of Shaki. Armenia’s Investigative Committee announced the detention order Thursday, a day after Musayev was captured in the Syunik Province village following the shooting. According to investigators, Musayev entered a home on Shaki’s 6th Stre
Armenian Authorities Had Two-Day Warning Before Azerbaijani Soldier Shot Mother of Three
Armenian security authorities were warned that a missing Azerbaijani serviceman may have crossed into Armenia two days before he entered a family home in the southern Syunik province and shot a mother of three, leaving two of her children injured. The October 1 shooting in Shaki has put new focus on the search for the serviceman and whether residents were warned that an armed Azerbaijani soldier could be in the area. Azerbaijan’s State Security Service contacted Armenia’s Nat
Now Noravank: Azerbaijani Group Extends Heritage Claims Into Armenia, Recasting Armenian Monastery as ‘Albanian-Christian’
An Azerbaijani organization advocating for the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia has expanded its cultural heritage claims to Noravank, one of Armenia’s best-known medieval monasteries, describing the 13th-century complex as an ancient “Albanian-Christian” site. The claim was published September 28 in an article attributed to Aziz Alakbarli, an Azerbaijani lawmaker who chairs the Western Azerbaijan Community. The organization uses the term “Western Azerbaijan” for much of pre
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Sep 30
Armenia’s Women’s Chess Team Defeats Azerbaijan at 46th Chess Olympiad
Armenia’s women’s chess team defeated Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5 in the seventh round of the 46th Chess Olympiad, the Armenian Chess Federation said. Lilit Mkrtchian and Elina Danielian won their games for Armenia, while Mariam Mkrtchyan drew her match to help secure the team victory. The result gave Armenia 12 team points out of a possible 14 through seven rounds of the tournament. — Support independent reporting from the region by subscribing to The Armenian Report. Our team is fun
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Sep 23
Azerbaijan Claims Indigenous Armenian Dadivank Monastery’s Artifacts Were Stolen, Reports Them to Interpol
Azerbaijan says cultural artifacts allegedly removed from the medieval Dadivank monastery and taken to Armenia have been listed in Interpol’s database of stolen art, opening a new front in a growing dispute over Armenian Christian heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh. Sabina Hajiyeva, head of Azerbaijan’s State Service for the Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, said information about frescoes and khachkars — Armenian carved cross-stones — was submitted to I
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Sep 22
‘No Facts or Evidence’: Lawyer Challenges Ruben Vardanyan’s 20-Year Sentence in Azerbaijan
INTERVIEW: The Azerbaijani court that sentenced Ruben Vardanyan to 20 years in prison held him responsible for alleged crimes dating back to 1988, decades before he became an official in Artsakh, according to an Armenian lawyer who reviewed the full judgment in his case. Siranush Sahakyan, an attorney representing Vardanyan before the European Court of Human Rights, told The Armenian Report that she found no evidence in the judgment showing that Vardanyan personally ordered,
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Sep 22
Pashinyan Calls Efforts to Prove Gandzasar’s Armenian Identity to Azerbaijan “Pointless”
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan broke his public silence Wednesday over Azerbaijan’s claims about the Armenian heritage of Gandzasar, four days after a senior Azerbaijani official presented the medieval monastery to foreign diplomats as part of the heritage of Caucasian Albania. Pashinyan addressed the controversy after opposition lawmaker Lena Matevosyan of the Strong Armenia faction raised the issue during a question-and-answer session in parliament and urged him to “come to
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Sep 16
Armenia’s Foreign Ministry Shifts Responsibility to Matenadaran for Responding to Azerbaijan’s Artsakh Claims
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said Monday that the Matenadaran, Armenia’s leading center for ancient manuscripts, was the appropriate institution to respond to Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev’s claims about Armenian cultural and religious heritage in Artsakh. Mirzoyan said the Foreign Ministry was satisfied with the Matenadaran’s response. Hajiyev drew criticism in Armenia after accompanying foreign diplomats on a Sept. 11-12 visit to occupied Artsakh
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Sep 15
Azerbaijani Official Mocks Armenian Christian Heritage at Gandzasar as Yerevan Remains Silent
Azerbaijani presidential adviser Hikmet Hajiyev disputed the Armenian identity of the centuries-old Gandzasar Monastery and mocked its manuscript heritage during a government-organized tour for foreign diplomats in Artsakh, indigenous Armenian land currently occupied by Azerbaijan, prompting anger in Armenia and growing calls for Yerevan to respond publicly. Neither Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan nor Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had commented on the episode as of Monday.
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Sep 14
Arizona US Rep. Says Armenia, Azerbaijan Could Finalize Peace Deal Well Before Trump Leaves Office
U.S. Rep. Abraham Hamadeh says Armenia and Azerbaijan could reach a final peace agreement well before President Donald Trump leaves office, pointing to growing U.S. involvement and what he described as a strong commitment from both governments to end decades of conflict. “Oh, absolutely,” Hamadeh said when RFE/RL asked whether the agreement could be finalized during Trump’s current term. “I think you’re going to see it come a lot sooner rather than later.” The Arizona Republi
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Sep 10
Pashinyan Party MP Says Armenia Should Avoid Damaging Azerbaijan’s Reputation Over Prisoners
A lawmaker from Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling party said Armenia should avoid discussing Armenian prisoners held in Baku in ways that could damage Azerbaijan’s international reputation, arguing that a calmer approach would improve efforts to bring them home. The remarks drew a sharp response from former Armenian lawmaker Naira Zohrabyan. “What remarkable sensitivity toward cannibals. I haven’t noticed such tenderness toward her own compatriots,” Zohrabyan told Hrapa
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Sep 10
Ruben Vardanyan’s Wife Offers to Travel to Baku — Azerbaijani Media Warns She Could Face 5 Years in Prison
An Azerbaijani media outlet says Veronika Zonabend, the wife of imprisoned Armenian philanthropist and former Artsakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, could face up to five years in prison if she travels to Baku, citing a 2022 visit she made to Nagorno-Karabakh. The report surfaced as Zonabend renewed her push for direct access to Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan. On Sept. 8, Zonabend wrote to Armenia’s National Security Council Secretary Alen Simonyan after learning of h
POW Says Azerbaijan Blocks Armenian Detainees From Court Documents and Legal Representation
Davit Ishkhanyan, the former speaker of the Artsakh Parliament imprisoned in Azerbaijan, says Azerbaijani authorities have withheld court rulings from Armenian detainees and their lawyers, blocked efforts to authorize legal representation in Armenia and left prisoners with no practical way to contact the country’s human rights ombudswoman. In a message from prison, Ishkhanyan challenged recent statements by Azerbaijan’s Human Rights Commissioner Sabina Aliyeva about the treat
Ruben Vardanyan’s Wife Asks to Join Alen Simonyan on Possible Visit to Azerbaijan
The wife of imprisoned former Artsakh official Ruben Vardanyan has asked to join Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan on any visit to Azerbaijan, urging him to press Baku over the treatment and release of Armenian prisoners. Zonabend said she learned of the possible trip through media reports and welcomed Simonyan’s willingness to visit Azerbaijan. She said the trip could offer a rare opportunity to address the prisoners’ treatment and give their families direct contact
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