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By bne Tehran bureau An Iranian television host has sparked a diplomatic row with comments suggesting that neighbouring Azerbaijan will soon be unified with Iran. Hossein Hosseini, a host on the Iranian state-run TV network Ofogh, said on air: ‘If you don’t tell some people something, they’ll imagine it anyway. A Baku TV host said that all of Iran is ours! They used to say that Azerbaijan and Ardabil are ours too. Let the Baku host know that if Iran decides, we’ll soon be broadcasting the weather forecast for Northern Azerbaijan on our TV!’ Hosseini also expressed hope that the ‘former Azerbai…

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