Azerbaijan Strongly Protests to Iran After Fatal Embassy Shooting

Azerbaijan Strongly Protests to Iran After Fatal Embassy Shooting
A general view outside the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan after an attack on it, in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 27, 2023. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency
Reuters
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BAKU—A gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people at Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran on Friday, in an attack Baku branded an “act of terrorism” that it said was the result of Tehran failing to heed its calls for improved security.

Police in Tehran said they had arrested a suspect and Iranian authorities condemned the incident, but played down talk of any political motive for the attack.