Orientalist Armen Petrosyan wrote on his Facebook page:

“In recent days, in the context of deepening Iran-Azerbaijan skirmishes in the field of political rhetoric, information and propaganda, Mohammad Reza Ahmadi, a member of parliament elected from Rasht in the Iranian parliament, has made quite a remarkable reference.

He made the following precision Twitter post: “It seems that the Baku leadership has become numb and delusional about the victories achieved by Turkey’с doping. The antiquity of your small country is less than the age of the youngest member of our parliament, so do not be disgraced in vain in the field of Simurgh (the mythical bird symbolizing Iran).”