The foreign minister of Iran said that the country would react carefully to any plan or project that could limit its ability to use important routes or undermine its strategic interests, in a warning to the U.S. about the Zangezur corridor near Iran's northern border.

Newsweek has contacted the U.S. State Department for comment.

Why It Matters

Dubbed the "Trump Bridge" and the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity," the corridor would link Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave via southern Armenia, after the two countries agreed to a U.S.-brokered peace deal.

Iran and its ally Russia, which have welcomed the peace deal signed at the White House last week, worry that the transit route could shift regional influence, reduce their leverage and give the U.S. and Azerbaija

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