Armenia, Iran
Yerevan struggles to juggle French-US support and its ally Iran

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington, DC, in January 2026.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington, DC, in January 2026. © Saul Loeb / AFP
Armenia is sending out repeated calls of strategic reassurance, both to Paris and Tehran. But the current crisis in the Middle East may not help Yerevan's pro-Western shift. [...]
Reading time 2 minutes Pierre Gastineau
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