Narek Karapetyan expects to be 'arrested within a month', podcaster says

Armenian opposition leader Narek Karapetyan, a senior member of the Strong Armenia party, expects to be arrested within a month, podcast host and political commentator Mario Nawfal said on Monday.

He posted an interview with Karapetyan on X, sharing some takeaways.

"Armenia is right on Iran's border. So is Azerbaijan. So is Turkey. And Russia is just north," Nawfal wrote. "If this war destabilizes Iran, the South Caucasus becomes the next crisis zone overnight."

"Narek Karapetyan is the Armenian opposition leader (also ahead in the polls) who says what most diplomats won't. 

"Iran falling apart wouldn't look like Iraq. It would be four times worse.

"More ethnic minorities, more separatist movements, more refugees, and a shattered supply chain stretching from Central Asia to Europe.

"Trump quietly brokered a trade corridor through Armenia that bypasses Iran entirely. 

"A deal that made little sense six months ago now looks like it was designed for exactly this moment.

"And in the middle of all this, Armenia's own PM is jailing opposition leaders and attacking the church while drug crime climbs five times over. 

"Narek expects to be arrested within a month.

"The most strategically important country you're not paying attention to is the one sitting right on the edge of the blast zone," he stated.

The full interview with Narek Karapetyan is provided below.