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BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 18. The Council of
Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),
at its 49th session held in Nouakchott, on March 16-17, has adopted
a resolution on 'Attack against the Embassy of the Republic of
Azerbaijan in Tehran”, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry told trend .
In the resolution the OIC member states strongly condemned the
armed attack on the embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran on January 27,
2023, urging the Iranian government to conduct a thorough
investigation of the attack, bring the perpetrators to justice and
ensure the security of the diplomatic missions of Azerbaijan in the
area of Iran in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
Relations of 1961.
The resolution also welcomed the statements of the OIC
Secretariat and OIC member states condemning the attack on the
Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran.
An armed attack took place at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran
on January 27, 2023, at about 8:30 (GMT+4). The gunman turned out
to be a man in his 50's, who drove up to the administrative
building, armed with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle.
Earlier reports from the Chief of Tehran police said there were
two children in the car with the gunman, the security camera footage released later proved the
man was alone. He entered the building after briefly waving hand to
the Iranian security guard outside. No attempts were made to detain
the gunman, as he freely entered the embassy. The man managed to
kill head of the security service and wounding two embassy guards.
The shooter was eventually detained. The incident is currently
being investigated.
Following the deadly assault, Azerbaijan evacuated its officials
from the embassy, including those who suffered as a result of the
attack and completely suspended the work of the embassy in
Tehran.
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