Seyid Abbas Musəvi
Baku/27.01.23/Turan: On January 27, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Seyyed Abbas Mousavi was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan in connection with a terrorist attack against the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran. The Azerbaijani side strongly condemned the armed attack on the embassy, pointing out the unacceptability of such attacks on the diplomatic mission, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Azerbaijan urges the competent authorities of Iran to promptly bring to justice the person who committed the terrorist act, conduct a thorough investigation, identify and punish other participants involved in organizing and committing the crime. The ambassador was told about the planned anti-Azerbaijani campaign in Iran recently.
Iranian Ambassador Seyyed Abbas Mousavi strongly condemned the armed incident against the Azerbaijani embassy and said that he was deeply saddened by the incident. He expressed deep condolences to the family of the deceased embassy employee, as well as to the government and people of Azerbaijan. He assured that the Iranian authorities are actively investigating the incident and its results will be reported, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. ---0---
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