One person dies in attack on Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran - Al Jazeera English

A defender is killed and 2 injured by a antheral with an battle rifle, the Azerbaijani overseas ministry says.

A defender has been killed successful an onslaught connected Azerbaijan’s embassy successful Iran, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.

“The attacker broke done the defender post, sidesplitting the caput of information with a Kalashnikov battle rifle,” it said.

Friday’s onslaught successful Tehran besides injured 2 guards, the Azerbaijani ministry said. An probe has been launched.

President Ilham Aliyev called the battle connected his country’s embassy “an enactment of terrorism” and demanded a swift investigation.

“I firmly condemn the enactment of coercion carried retired astatine the embassy of Azerbaijan successful Tehran,” Aliyev said connected Twitter.

Iranian overseas ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani “strongly condemned” the attack, according to authorities TV, saying the contented was nether investigation.

Police successful Tehran said they person arrested a fishy and are investigating the gunman’s motive.

There were nary indications from statements from Iranian officials that the onslaught was politically motivated.

The fishy entered the embassy with 2 children and whitethorn person been motivated by “personal issues”, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim quality bureau reported, citing the constabulary chief.

However, surveillance footage shared by the Iranian state-owned quality outlet Press TV showed what appeared to beryllium the gunman entering the embassy unsocial and firing wrong the gathering earlier scuffling with 1 antheral who tried to halt him.

The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan quality bureau quoted Iranian authoritative Mohammad Shahriari arsenic saying the gunman’s woman had disappeared successful April aft a sojourn to the embassy. Shahriari added the antheral believed his woman was inactive successful the embassy astatine the clip of the attack.

Turkey, which has adjacent ties with Azerbaijan, condemned the “treacherous attack” and called for the perpetrators to beryllium brought to justice. “Azerbaijan is ne'er alone,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said connected Twitter.

Relations betwixt Baku and Tehran person traditionally been sour arsenic Turkic-speaking Azerbaijan is simply a adjacent state of Turkey, Iran’s humanities rival.

Iran, location to millions of taste Azerbaijanis, has agelong accused Baku of fomenting separatist sentiments successful the country.

Iran is besides suspicious of Azerbaijan’s subject practice with Israel, an arms supplier to Baku, saying Israel could perchance usage Azerbaijani territory arsenic a bridgehead against Iran.