Iranian Ambassador to the country Seidou Abbas Mousavi was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on April 6. He was expressed dissatisfaction with the “provocative activities of Tehran” and announced the recognition of four employees of the Iranian embassy in Baku persona non grata. They were ordered to leave Azerbaijan within 48 hours.
“It was brought to the attention of the ambassador that four employees of the Iranian embassy were declared persona non grata by the Azerbaijani government because of their activities, incompatible with diplomatic status and contrary to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961,” the statement said. message Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.
On the evening of March 28, in Baku, an unknown person attacked Fazil Mustafa, a member of the Azerbaijani parliament. Mister Mustafa remained alive, the attacker managed to escape. The State Security Service of Azerbaijan called the attack a terrorist act. Local media claimed that Iranian authorities were behind the attack. Fazil Mustafa has repeatedly spoken out against Iran and its policies in the region, including religious ones.