"It is not the first time that the Iranian state carries out terrorist acts against Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis".
Modern.az reports that President Ilham Aliyev voiced these thoughts at a meeting of the Security Council. The head of state recalled that some time ago, the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran was subjected to a terrorist act.
"The person who attacked the embassy, instructed by Iranian special services, committed a bloody terrorist act against Azerbaijani citizens. As a result, one citizen was killed, and another citizen was seriously wounded. I must also state that an unarmed representative of Azerbaijan's special services neutralized the terrorist armed with an automatic “Kalashnikov”, a “Molotov” cocktail, and an axe. Even then, we had no doubt that the Iranian state was behind this. Because this terrorist act continued for approximately 40 minutes, both inside and around the embassy. During these 40 minutes, not a single security or police representative approached the embassy. It was clear that this terrorist act was ordered from the highest levels of Iranian state institutions to intimidate Azerbaijan and carry out its heinous acts against Azerbaijan. As you know, at that time, Azerbaijan reacted very harshly to this incident, the Azerbaijani embassy was evacuated from Iran, and all diplomatic relations were suspended. The Iranian side was forced to apologize to us and admit its guilt. At our insistence, the perpetrator of that terrorist act was given the harshest punishment. Even the Iranian state, which for a long time showed no interest in carrying out this punishment and even tried to save the criminal, was forced to execute the terrorist in front of Azerbaijani representatives. This time, the response will be the same".
