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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran says embassy attack should not affect Azerbaijan relations

Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, left, and Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Iran Ali Alizada attend a joint news conference in Tajrish hospital in Tehran, Iran [West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has told his Azerbaijani counterpart that bilateral relations should not be affected after an attack on Baku’s embassy in Tehran that left one person dead.

The attack took place on Friday when a man rushed the embassy with an assault rifle and opened fire, killing the head of the security staff and injuring two other guards.

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