Initial outcomes of a probe into the current armed assault on Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Iran level to potential Iranian involvement, in accordance with an announcement made by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Friday.
Responding to Iranian allegations of Azerbaijani cooperation with Israel towards Tehran, ministry spokesperson Aykhan Hajizade stated it was Iran that was cooperating with different nations to threaten and provoke Baku from throughout its southern border.
Hajizade pointed to navy workouts and flights performed by Iran close to the border between the 2 nations, in addition to anti-Azerbaijan statements by Iranian officers and threatening movies towards the nation close to the Khudafarin bridge on the border.
He additionally talked about a current “terrorist attack against the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran, the preliminary traces of the investigation of the terrorist act against Fazil Mustafa, a member of the Milli Majlis.”
According to Hajizade, the present “brotherhood” between Iran and Armenia can be a “threat to the region as a whole,” including that over the past 30 years, Tehran “has practically turned a blind eye to the occupation of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia.”
“It is well known that Iran does not pay attention to the occupation of Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur and the looting of these areas, the selling of stones removed from the houses in these areas in Iranian markets, the destruction and insulting of 65 of the 67 existing mosques,” he stated.
Ha additionally condemned the Iranian statements on Azerbaijani-Israeli relations, saying they had been the “next step in the crisis of Azerbaijan-Iran relations.”
“These threats from the Iranian side can never scare Azerbaijan. Despite the military support sent to Armenia from Iran, the Azerbaijani army defeated the invading Armenian army in 2020. After that, any aggression and provocation against Azerbaijan will be resolutely prevented.”
Relations between the 2 former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian navy occupied Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas.
In the autumn of 2020, in 44 days of clashes, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages and settlements from unlawful Armenian occupation. The Russian-brokered peace settlement is widely known as a triumph in Azerbaijan.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
