In Phone Talk With Iran's President, Azerbaijani Leader Strongly Condemns Terror Act Against Nation's Embassy
Date
1/28/2023 3:11:49 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi
called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on January 28, Azernews
reports with reference to Azertac.
During the telephone conversation, Iranian President Seyyed
Ebrahim Raisi expressed his condolences to President Ilham Aliyev
and the family of Orxan Asgarov, the deceased head of the security
service of the embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran, and
wished those injured a speedy recovery.
President Ilham Aliyev expressed his strong condemnation of the
terrorist act committed against the embassy of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in Tehran and voiced his hope that this violent act of
terror would be thoroughly investigated and the criminals would be
punished with the utmost rigor of the law.
President Ilham Aliyev also emphasized the importance of
conducting the investigation in a transparent manner. The president
noted that another security guard of the embassy had taken on the
terrorist with bare hands and managed to disarm him acting in an
agile manner.
President Ilham Aliyev said that if the terrorist had not been
disarmed, he would have targeted other employees of the embassy and
their family members living in the apartment section of the embassy
compound.
The president emphasized the importance of ensuring the security
of diplomatic missions.
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