Restrictions on cargo transportation across the border between Azerbaijan and Iran have been lifted.

Azerbaijani authorities have lifted restrictions on cargo transportation across the border with Iran, imposed on the day of the drone attack on Nakhchivan.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, four people were injured in a drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on March 5. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called the attack "a deliberate terrorist attack by Iran." On March 8, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian assured Ilham Aliyev that Iran had nothing to do with the UAV attack on Nakhchivan.

The entry and exit of all types of freight transport across the state border between Azerbaijan and Iran, including transit traffic, resumed at 10:00 local time (09:00 Moscow time) on March 9, the Azerbaijani government announced today on its website.

Freight traffic across the border with Iran was The border crossings were suspended in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers' decision of March 5, the day of the drone attack in Nakhchivan, Trend reports today.

Since March 6, Azerbaijani trucks returning from Iran, as well as Iranian trucks returning from Azerbaijan, have been allowed through the Astara, Bilasuvar, and Julfa border crossings, the agency reports.

As a reminder, Dagestani truckers complained that they were stuck at the border in Iran and unable to leave, with money and fuel running out. On the evening of March 6, it was announced that traffic through the Astara border crossing on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border had resumed. Heavy-duty trucks, including those from Dagestan, are crossing the Iranian-Azerbaijani border as usual, the Association of Automobile Carriers confirmed.

On February 28, Israel and the United States began striking Iran. Donald Trump announced the start of a large-scale military operation. In response, Iran launched attacks on Israel, American military installations, and civilian targets in the Middle East, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Key Points on the Impact of the Military Conflict with Iran on the Caucasus."

The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials on the impact of military operations in Iran on the Caucasus on the thematic page "Iran: War Is Near."