Over the past 24 hours, 28 people were evacuated across the border between Iran and Azerbaijan, including two Azerbaijani citizens and two Russians. As of March 23, a total of 2,949 citizens from 76 countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry is awaiting an official explanation from the Russian side following a statement made by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a recent briefing.

The Republic of Armenia has sent humanitarian aid to Iran. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan announced this at a parliamentary session.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a telephone conversation, focusing on current issues on the bilateral agenda and prospects for developing relations between the countries. The conversation took place at the initiative of the Armenian side.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that if his Civil Contract party fails to secure a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections, the country could face war.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán (whom many consider a pro-Kremlin politician in Europe), in Budapest. As part of his visit, Kobakhidze also participated in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II was denied permission to travel to Georgia to attend the funeral of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. The investigator rejected the defense's motion to lift the pretrial restriction banning him from traveling abroad.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sharply criticized opposition presidential candidates Robert Kocharyan, Samvel Karapetyan, and Gagik Tsarukyan. In a social media post, Pashinyan accused them of seeking to revise the peace treaty with Azerbaijan and, as he put it, "open the door to war."

Since the escalation of the Middle East conflict, 2,853 citizens from 75 different countries have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

Sheikh Allahshukur Pashazade, head of the Caucasus Muslim Board, commented on the sharp escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. The statement was made after the Eid prayer at the Tezepir Mosque in Baku, dedicated to Ramadan.