Attack in Tehran increases tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan

The Iranian ambassador in Baku, Abbas Mousavi, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry due to the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran.

According to the statement of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mousavi was informed that each state must protect diplomatic missions in the country in accordance with the obligations arising from the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Mousavi was informed that the attack on the Tehran Embassy was strongly condemned by Azerbaijan and that such attacks on diplomatic missions were unacceptable. The relevant Iranian authorities strongly demanded the Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mousavi to bring the perpetrator of the terrorist act to justice as soon as possible, to investigate the terrorist act thoroughly, to identify and punish the other people involved in the organization and perpetration of the act terrorist. the crime.

Mousavi was told that discomfort over the planned anti-Azerbaijani campaign in Iran, which has increased recently, and the events that have ensued have further strained already complex relations. Ambassador Mousavi, for his part, expressed his strong condemnation of the attack on the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran and expressed his regret for what happened and expressed his condolences for the security chief who lost his life.

Mousavi noted that the incident is being investigated by the relevant institutions in Iran and extensive information will be released to the public once the investigation process is complete.

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Meanwhile, Tehran’s police chief, Rahimi, was fired by police chief Ahmed Reza Radan, according to Iran’s semi-official Tesnim news agency. Alborz Police Chief Abbas Ali Muhammediyan has been appointed to the Tehran Police Department, while Rahimi has been appointed Chief of the Economic Security Police.

The embassy security chief was reported killed and two security guards injured in the armed attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran this morning. Iranian authorities announced that the attacker was captured after the incident. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry also condemned the attack and announced that the Tehran Embassy would be evacuated.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also described the attack as a terrorist act in a statement on Twitter, saying: “We demand that this terrorist act be investigated as soon as possible and that the terrorists be punished. “Terrorist attacks on diplomatic missions are unacceptable,” he said. (AA)