Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting

Azerbaijan embassy in Iran suspends work after deadly attack

ID: 1675073059063600700Mon, 2023-01-30 09:43 BAKU: Azerbaijan said on Monday it was suspending work at its embassy in Iran, days after a gunman stormed the mission, killing one guard and wounding two others. Iran has said the attack on Friday was motivated by personal reasons but Baku labelled it an act of terrorism. “The operation of Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran has been temporarily suspended following the evacuation of its staff and their f…

Azerbaijan evacuates embassy in Iran after armed attack

Fatal shooting at Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran has increased tensions between 2 countries - Anadolu Agency

Azerbaijani Embassy staff, family members evacuated from Iran after terrorist attack

"After a deadly terrorist attack against #Azerbaijan's Embassy in Tehran, the Embassy staff & their family members have been evacuated from #Iran. They've just arrived in Baku," according to a tweet by Nasimi Aghayev, the ambassador of Azerbaijan to Germany.

Azerbaijan evacuates embassy in Iran's capital after attack

On Friday morning a man armed with a Kalashnikov rifle identified as Yasin Hosseinzadeh barged inside the embassy premises and opened fire, killing one person.

Azerbaijan to Evacuate Embassy in Iran After Fatal Shooting

Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded as an "act of terrorism." Police in Tehran have said they arrested a suspect and Iranian authorities condemned Friday's incident, but said the gunman appeared to have had a personal, not a political, motive. The incident came amid increa…

Raisi: Iran-Azerbaijan ties unaffected by embassy attack

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has insisted that diplomatic relations between Tehran and Azerbaijan will not be undermined following an attack carried out at Baku's embassy in the Iranian capital on Friday, which left the head of the embassy's security services dead and two security guards injured. Raisi is said to have made the remarks during a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev having expressed his condolence…