Iran’s newly appointed Ambassador to Armenia, Khalil Shirgholami, said joint Armenian-Iranian military exercises may continue in the future and could even expand in scale, underscoring what he described as strengthening defense cooperation between the two neighboring states. Speaking to reporters while attending a ceremony honoring Professor Vardan Voskanyan of Yerevan State University, Shirgholami noted that special forces units from Armenia and Iran conducted joint drills in April 2025 and suggested similar exercises could follow. “Given the relations and ties between our two countries in various fields, including defense, such events are routine and ongoing. It is possible that similar events will take place again in the future, and they may be...