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senior aide to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Tuesday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33821751.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33821751.html Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:16:39 +0400 in English Armenia’s government is keen to significantly increase imports of natural gas from neighboring Iran, Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Davit Khudatian confirmed on Tuesday after a weekend visit to Tehran. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33816912.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33816912.html Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:32:03 +0400 in English Some of the Armenian prisoners held by Azerbaijan have suffered serious injuries in Azerbaijani jails, an Armenian human rights lawyer claimed on Friday, citing their families. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33812340.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33812340.html Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:48:01 +0400 in English An Armenian opposition politician has not been allowed to see or talk by phone to her 13-year-old daughter and other relatives since being arrested last week on charges rejected by her as politically motivated. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33806015.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33806015.html Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:27:21 +0400 in English The wife of an Armenian prisoner of war who has been held in Azerbaijan for nearly six years expressed on Wednesday serious concern about what she described as a sharp deterioration of his health. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33804411.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33804411.html Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:06:06 +0400 in English A Yerevan-based lawyer representing Ruben Vardanyan, a prominent Armenian businessman jailed in Azerbaijan, said on Friday that she is preparing to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against a 20-year prison sentence given to him early this year. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33800978.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33800978.html Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:51:33 +0400 in English The Iranian ambassador in Yerevan, Khalil Shirgholami, warned of a risk of dangerous “division” within Armenia on Wednesday when he commented on the controversial arrest of businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33799534.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33799534.html Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:15:20 +0400 in English Billionaire Samvel Karapetian insisted on Tuesday that his Strong Armenia alliance is right to take up its seats in the new Armenian parliament without protesting against the official results of last month’s parliamentary elections in the streets. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33798766.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33798766.html Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:33:09 +0400 in English Outgoing parliament speaker Alen Simonian said on Thursday that he does not know why the leadership of the ruling Civil Contract party decided last week to push him out of the job. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33794984.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33794984.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:32:06 +0400 in English Billionaire Samvel Karapetian said on Tuesday that his Strong Armenia alliance, which finished second in the disputed June 7 parliamentary elections, has still not decided whether to take up its seats in the country’s new parliament. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33792052.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33792052.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:14:18 +0400 in English After decades of resistance, Israel has moved to officially recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey, prompting strong condemnation from Ankara. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33791097.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33791097.html Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:47:20 +0400 in English Signaling no letup in their economic pressure on Armenia, Russian authorities blacklisted on Friday the last two Armenian fish farms that were still technically allowed to export their products to Russia. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33789708.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33789708.html Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:59:16 +0400 in English Billionaire Samvel Karapetian’s Strong Armenia alliance is negotiating with at least two other major opposition groups over his proposal to jointly challenge Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian after the disputed parliamentary elections held on June 7. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33786436.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33786436.html Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:00:09 +0400 in English Billionaire Samvel Karapetian has said that his Strong Armenia bloc will join forces with other opposition groups to continue challenging Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian after the disputed parliamentary elections held on June 7. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783870.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783870.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:38:03 +0400 in English Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian pledged on Wednesday to “crush” the leaders of Armenia’s three main opposition groups that won at least 37 percent of the vote in the June 7 parliamentary elections. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783130.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33783130.html Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:02:10 +0400 in English Two more opposition parties announced on Tuesday that they will ask Armenia’s Constitutional Court to invalidate the official results of the June 7 parliamentary election rejected by them as fraudulent. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33782372.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33782372.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:11:35 +0400 in English Justice Minister Srbuhi Galian declined to clarify on Wednesday how the Armenian government will try to enact a new constitution demanded by Azerbaijan in the absence of a two-thirds majority in Armenia’s newly elected parliament. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777630.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33777630.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:43:26 +0400 in English Prosecutors reported new criminal charges against businessman and opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian on Tuesday just as his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) scrambled to ensure its presence in the country’s new parliament through vote recounts initiated by it. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776884.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33776884.html Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:32:10 +0400 in English Armenia’s three main opposition groups said law-enforcement authorities continued to arrest scores of their members and supporters as voting began in parliamentary elections on Sunday. https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33774498.html https://www.azatutyun.am/a/33774498.html Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:37:10 +0400 in English