(MENAFN) A gunman equipped with AK-47 attack rifle hit the embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran on Friday morning, murdering an Azeri national and wounding two others.
In fact, the invasion happened 8:30 AM local time.
Tehran police chief Hossein Rahimi stated early probes show the invader had personal motives for his brutal invasion.
“In the initial investigation, the attacker stated that his motivation was personal and family problems,” on the words of General Rahimi, saying the man is an Iranian national married to an Azerbaijani woman.
Azerbaijani journalists said the man murdered in the invasion was Orkhan Asgarov, who was the chief of the security service of the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ordered a thorough probe into the invasion.
“We condemn the attack at the entrance of the embassy of our brotherly neighbor, the Republic of Azerbaijan,” Mohammad Jamshidi, a political aide to President Raisi, shared on his Twitter account.
He stated Raisi “ordered a full investigation” into the issue and “expressed condolences to the govt, people & family of the murdered diplomat & prayed for the recovery of the injured.”
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