Iran executes a man convicted over the 2023 attack on the Azerbaijan Embassy that killed 1 person
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥 Iran on Wednesday executed a man who carried out a 2023 attack on the Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran, killing its security chief and wounding two others in an incident that escalated tensions between the neighboring nations, state media reported.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥 Iran on Wednesday executed a man who carried out a 2023 attack on the Azerbaijan Embassy in Tehran, killing its security chief and wounding two others in an incident that escalated tensions between the neighboring nations, state media reported.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported the unidentified man’s execution, without offering details, after his conviction. Typically, Iran hangs its condemned.
Iran had called the January 2023 attack a personal dispute after the gunman鈥檚 wife 鈥渄isappeared鈥 on a visit to the embassy, but Azeri President Ilham Aliyev called it a 鈥渢errorist attack.鈥 Baku accused Tehran of supporting hard-line Islamists who tried to overthrow its government, a charge Tehran denied.
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Following the attack, the embassy was closed and its staff left the country. In April 2023, Azerbaijan expelled four Iranian diplomats. A month later, Iran expelled four Azeri diplomats. Azerbaijan reopened its embassy in a different location in July 2024.
Azerbaijan borders Iran鈥檚 northwest and was part of the Persian Empire until the early 19th century. There are also over 12 million ethnic Azeris in Iran who represent the Islamic Republic鈥檚 largest minority group.
Azerbaijan’s diplomatic ties with Israel long have been a point of contention.
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