A guard is eliminated and 2 hurt by a male with an attack rifle, the Azerbaijani foreign ministry states.
A guard has actually been eliminated in an attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran, the nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs states, including that it will leave its diplomatic personnel.
“The enemy broke through the guard post, eliminating the head of security with a Kalashnikov attack rifle,” it stated.
Friday’s attack in Tehran likewise hurt 2 guards, the Azerbaijani ministry stated. An examination has actually been released.
President Ilham Aliyev called the attack on his nation’s embassy a “terrorist act” and required a speedy examination.
“We require that this terrorist act be examined and the terrorist be penalized,” Aliyev stated in declaration. He included that an attack versus a diplomatic objective was “inappropriate.”
The event comes amidst months-long stress in between the neighbouring countries.
In a highly worded declaration, the Azerbaijani ministry stated a current “anti-Azerbaijan project” in Iran had actually motivated the shooter. It likewise implicated authorities in Tehran of long overlooking Baku’s calls to strengthen security at its embassy.
“Unfortunately, the current bloody terrorist act shows the major effects of the failure to offer the required attention to our continuous appeals in this regard,” it stated.
Iranian foreign ministry representative Nasser Kanaani “highly condemned” the attack, according to state television, stating the problem was under examination with “high top priority and level of sensitivity.”
Authorities in Tehran stated they have actually apprehended a suspect and are examining the shooter’s intention.
There were no signs from declarations from Iranian authorities that the attack was politically encouraged.
The suspect went into the embassy with 2 kids and might have been driven by “individual concerns”, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news firm reported, pointing out the cops chief.
Security video shared by the Iranian state-owned news outlet Press Television revealed what appeared to be the shooter going into the embassy alone and shooting inside the structure prior to scuffling with one guy who attempted to stop him.
The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news firm priced estimate Iranian district attorney Mohammad Shahriari as stating the shooter’s other half had actually vanished in April after a check out to the embassy. Shahriari included the guy thought his better half was still in the embassy at the time of the attack.
Turkey, which has close ties with Azerbaijan, condemned the “treacherous attack” and required the criminals to be taken to court. “Azerbaijan is never ever alone,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stated on Twitter.
Relations in between Baku and Tehran have actually typically been sour as Turkic-speaking Azerbaijan is a close ally of Turkey, Iran’s historic competitor.
Iran, house to countless ethnic Azerbaijanis, has actually long implicated Baku of fomenting separatist beliefs in the nation.
Iran is likewise suspicious of Azerbaijan’s military cooperation with Israel, an arms provider to Baku, stating Israel might possibly utilize Azerbaijani area as a bridgehead versus Iran.