Azerbaijan Intel: BTC Pipeline & Iran Border

Preparations for the World Urban Forum are causing significant traffic modifications across Baku's central districts, with the Mayor of Mexico City and other international delegations arriving this weekend ahead of the May 17 start date. Concurrently, a presidential decree has officially merged BakuBus and the Baku Taxi Service into the Baku Metro CJSC, fundamentally restructuring the capital's public transit network. The previously watched May 15 implementation of this transit consolidation is now actively underway. Domestically, civil society crackdowns continue in Baku's Nasimi district courts, with journalist Nurlan Libre reportedly beaten in pretrial detention and opposition leader Ali Karimli denied permission to attend his father's funeral. Regionally, the US-Iran ceasefire hangs by a thread as both sides trade fire in the Strait of Hormuz, driving Azerbaijani 'Azeri Light' crude oil prices up to $115.93

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