Iranian activities in Azerbaijan since the end of the war have also been subjects of tensions between Iran and Turkey due to Azerbaijan's strong alliance with Turkey.[25] Opposition to the view stressed that Turkey and Azerbaijan's open embracement of pan-Turkist separatism in Iranian Azerbaijan have been the sources of ongoing tensions between Azerbaijan/Turkey and Iran.[26][27] Further, Iran conducts a series of repressive policies toward the Turkic population in Northwest Iran, often put relations between Tehran and Ankara to question.[28][29] Iran-affiliated militant groups like Hezbollah had sought to commit terrorist attacks in Azerbaijan in 2009 and 2012 as a response to Azerbaijan's alliance with Turkey and alienation of Iran.[30][31][32][33]