27 April 2024 / 06:26
Iranian President promised a full investigation into the attack on the embassy
On Saturday evening, Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi called President Ilham Aliyev and "conveyed the condolences of the Iranian government and people over the incident at the Azerbaijani embassy to Tehran," the IRNA news agency reported.
Raisi also stated that "the governments of Iran and Azerbaijan will not allow their relations to be influenced by the insinuations of the ill-wishers of the two nations."
Raisi promised that the crime will be comprehensively and fully investigated.
According to the IRNA report, Ilham Aliyev thanked Raisi for his condolences and stated that "cooperation between the two countries should be such that no incidents could disrupt the friendly relations between the two countries."
In turn, the press service of the President of Azerbaijan reported that Ilham Aliyev sharply condemned the "terror attack against the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran" and expressed hope for a comprehensive and appropriate punishment of the perpetrators. He also noted the need for a transparent investigation.
Aliyev also stressed the threat to the lives of other embassy employees and their families and noted the need for appropriate protection of diplomatic missions.
Latest newsLatest newsAram I: Mr. Erdogan, our ancestors were massacred by your ancestors, don't try to oppose diaspora to Armenia
24 April 2024 / 14:20
Azerbaijan and Armenia start border delimitation process
23 April 2024 / 11:38
Armenia premier: Our society asks why we continue to be member state of CSTO?
23 April 2024 / 11:30
Ilham Aliyev on his way to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin
22 April 2024 / 10:39
German Foreign Ministry reacts to agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on border delimitation
22 April 2024 / 10:32
Is Pashinyan going to attend Putin's inauguration?
17 April 2024 / 14:40
Russian peacekeepers’ pulling out from Nagorno-Karabakh has begun, Kremlin confirms
17 April 2024 / 14:34
Tokayev: Kazakhstan ready to offer platform for Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations
15 April 2024 / 13:37
U.S. refuses to join Israel in retaliatory action against Iran
15 April 2024 / 11:33
Olivier Decottignies: France is providing Armenia military gear everyone’s desperate to get
09 April 2024 / 13:58
Ruben Vardanyan nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
08 April 2024 / 13:48
Serzh Sargsyan says Armenia-EU-US meeting will intensify Russia-West confrontation
05 April 2024 / 14:17
Pashinyan-Blinken-von der Leyen meeting underway in Brussels
05 April 2024 / 14:08
Aliyev expressed to Blinken Baku's dissatisfaction with the US-EU-Armenia trilateral meeting
04 April 2024 / 12:39
Peace process not the focus of Armenia-EU-US meeting – State Dept
02 April 2024 / 14:57