Refugees from Iran have not become a problem for the Caucasus countries.

Foreign citizens are crossing the border with Iran into Armenia and Azerbaijan, who then return to their home countries. However, the risk of an influx of refugees cannot be completely ruled out.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, there is no influx of Iranian refugees into Armenia. Iranians holding citizenship in other countries are crossing the border to fly to those countries from Yerevan. Earlier, a collection of humanitarian aid for arriving Iranians began in Yerevan. An ambassador for one of the foundations stated that up to a million people could arrive in Armenia.

The Iranian Embassy in Yerevan told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that there is no influx of refugees from Iran into Armenia. Foreign citizens seeking to leave for their country through Armenia continue to cross the Armenian-Iranian border.

The press service of the Armenian government noted that "There is no mass arrival of Iranian refugees, nor Iranian Armenians, in Armenia, and although the country's authorities are considering various scenarios for the development of the situation, at the moment there is no need for emergency measures to receive refugees from Iran," the Armenian government told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

"At the last meeting of the Armenian Security Council in March, it was noted that "the high probability of a humanitarian crisis due to a potential influx of refugees, as well as the danger of transport isolation of the south of Armenia in the event of an expansion of the geography of military operations, remains," the press service added.

There are no refugees from Iran in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's land borders with all of its neighbors have been closed since 2020 due to the introduction of a quarantine regime due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Air traffic with Iran has been suspended since the start of military action. Only foreign citizens are evacuated to Azerbaijan via the land border, who then return to their home countries. Each such crossing is coordinated with the Azerbaijani authorities and the governments of the countries whose citizens are leaving Iran, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reported.

The military escalation has not yet directly affected the residents of Azerbaijan. "The most recent strikes are targeting military targets in the Tabriz region—at least 300 kilometers from the Azerbaijani border. Furthermore, the land border between Azerbaijan and Iran has been closed for six years, and there are no active cross-border contacts between residents," observer Tapdyg Farhadoglu told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent earlier.

As a reminder, 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 Issues on the Impact of the Military Conflict with Iran on the Caucasus."

The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials on the impact of military action in Iran on the Caucasus on its thematic page "Iran: War Is Near." The "Caucasian Knot" also published a chronicle of the war in Iran.