Day: January 27, 2023

According to the plan, the terrorist has been observing the car around the embassy from the outside for hours, waiting for the employees of the Azerbaijani embassy to enter the building. Meanwhile, the Iranian police in front of the embassy approached the suspicious car and did not ask why it had been standing in the same place for hours. Because it should not be checked in the plan. The terrorist is confident, he knows that the surrounding police will not stop him. At this moment, the car of employees working at the Azerbaijani embassy is approaching the building. The terrorist knows that if he rams his car into the back of the embassy staff's car at high speed, the embassy staff reacting to the sound will come out to find out what is going on, and so it happens. Taking advantage of the opening of the door, the terrorist entered the embassy building with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in the silent background of the Iranian police. The next is known. This is a raid that took place on "household ground", a terrorist action prepared by high professionals.

Iran is one of the "leading" countries in the world in attacking embassies and killing diplomats. Fanatics in Iran have come a long way, from killing the ambassador of the Russian Empire hundreds of years ago to attacking the US embassy and taking diplomats hostage during the Islamic revolution. However, I do not remember the attack on the embassy of the Muslim country in Tehran, which Iran calls a so-called friend and partner. And they did that. Even if the killers and the powers behind them are found, the latest incident will remain a source of further tension in relations between the two countries.

In September of last year, when Armenian fanatics attacked the Azerbaijani embassy in France and a group of religious fanatics briefly seized our embassy in London, I suggested that, taking into account the current sensitive situation, we should increase the security measures of our embassies in countries with which our relations are tense and cold. It is still needed now. The killer who attacked our embassy in Iran may have followers in other countries. We must be ready for this stage as well. ASALA terrorists and those allied with this group have reappeared.

The attack on the embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran is the result of the anti-Azerbaijani hysteria of officials, diplomats, generals, clerics, deputies and experts of this country. Statements from Iran against Azerbaijan, "changing the borders is our red line", "Zangezur Corridor should not exist", "Azerbaijan should not establish relations with Israel" have misled the fanatical circles in the neighboring country. Of course, it is not an exception that the Armenian diaspora in Iran is behind the attack on our embassy. The goal is to further strain Azerbaijan-Iran relations. Therefore, in order to maintain our composure, Tehran should be required to investigate the powers and agents behind the killer or killers, and this process should be kept under control. It was Iran that crossed the red lines.