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Iranian officials stand behind terrorist attack on Azerbaijani embassy – State Committee

Politics Materials 30 January 2023 18:19 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian officials stand behind terrorist attack on Azerbaijani embassy – State Committee
Elchin Mehdiyev
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 30. Iranian officials stand behind the terrorist act against the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran, Chairman of Azerbaijan's State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations Mubariz Gurbanli told reporters at the funeral ceremony of Senior Lieutenant Orkhan Asqarov, who died while ensuring the embassy's security, on January 27, 2023, Trend reports.

He expressed the Committee's strong condemnation of an armed attack, as well as stressed that masterminds and perpetrators of this crime should be punished.

An armed attack took place at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran on January 27, 2023, at about 8:30 (GMT+4). The gunman turned out to be a man in his 50's, who drove up to the administrative building, armed with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle.

Earlier reports from the Chief of Tehran police said there were two children in the car with the gunman, the security camera footage released later proved the man was alone. He entered the building after briefly waving hand to the Iranian security guard outside. No attempts were made to detain the gunman, as he freely entered the embassy. The man managed to kill head of the security service and wounding two embassy guards. The shooter was eventually detained. The incident is currently being investigated.

Following the deadly assault, Azerbaijan evacuated its officials from the embassy, including those who suffered as a result of the attack and completely suspended the work of the embassy in Tehran.

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