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Azerbaijani FM visits injured in attack on Embassy in Tehran (PHOTO)

Politics Materials 5 February 2023 18:41 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijani FM visits injured in attack on Embassy in Tehran (PHOTO)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 5. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has visited those injured in the attack on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran, Trend reports citing MFA’s Twitter publication.

"Today, Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov visited our colleagues Vasif Tagiyev and Mahir Imanov, who were injured as a result of the terrorist attack against the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran on January 27, 2023, and wished recovery to our colleagues, whose condition is now assessed as satisfactory," the publication says.

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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