Major General Mohammad Bagheri made the remarks during a phone call with the Defense Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov on Wednesday, APA reported. 

Bagheri stressed that information regarding the concentration of troops on the border with Azerbaijan is baseless.

Earlier in September, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces for International Cooperation Brigadier General Mohammad Ahadi had dismissed as “baseless” reports about the deployment of its troops on the northern border with Azerbaijan under the current tense circumstances in the South Caucasus.

Earlier in August, Major General Bagheri discussed the development of Tehran-Baku defense and security cooperation with the Azeri minister of defense over the phone during which the two sides emphasized the development of bilateral defense and military relations and cooperation between the two sides.

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