Tehran Communiqué

The Tehran Communiqué, also known as the Joint statement of the heads of state in Tehran is the joint communiqué mediated by Iranian President, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and signed by the acting President of Azerbaijan, Yagub Mammadov and President of Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrossian on May 7, 1992 with an intention to end the four-year-long hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a former autonomous oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Tehran Communiqué
CreatedMay 7, 1992
LocationTehran, Iran
SignatoriesAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Yaqub Mammadov, Levon Ter-Petrosian
PurposePeace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan mediated by Iran
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