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Gunmen broke into the Azerbaijani embassy in the Iranian capital, killing one on Friday. Iran and Azerbaijan confirmed in separate statements, both citing different motives for the deadly attack.
According to Iran’s foreign ministry, police and security forces have arrested the perpetrators, who are currently under investigation.
The Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry said the attackers opened fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles, killing the head of the embassy’s security services and wounding two security guards.
The Azerbaijan Ministry of Foreign Affairs later announced the complete evacuation of embassy staff and their families, blaming Iran’s “anti-Azberbaijan campaign” for the attack.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian said the attackers had “personal” motives. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev called the attack a “terrorist” act.
“Terrorism against diplomatic missions is unacceptable!” Aliyev said in a Twitter post.
Tensions between Baku and Tehran have led to several diplomatic and regional issues, including Azerbaijan’s backing for Israel and Iran’s backing for Armenia in the dispute over the Armenian-majority separatist territories. It’s been high for years after a disagreement over it. Nagorno Karabakh in Azerbaijan.
“Recent anti-Azerbaijan campaigns against our country in Iran have facilitated such attacks against our diplomatic missions,” the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Video released to Iranian state media shows the shooter getting into a car parked outside the embassy before exiting the vehicle with a machine gun, temporarily dodging a man standing inside a guard post. It shows that there is
Another video, published by Iran’s state-run Fars News, showed a man firing a gun inside the embassy.
Iranian judicial news agency Mizan said the perpetrator was unhappy with his missing wife after allegedly visiting the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, and embassy staff failed to answer his questions during his repeated visits. rice field.
