Jordan offers condolences to Azerbaijan over attack on embassy in Iran

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Published: 2023-01-27 19:01

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 04:51


Jordan offers condolences to Azerbaijan over attack on embassy in Iran
Jordan offers condolences to Azerbaijan over attack on embassy in Iran

Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates expressed its deepest condolences to the government and people of the Republic of Azerbaijan following the attack on employees at the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

The ministry affirmed Jordan's sympathy with the government and people of the Republic of Azerbaijan and its rejection of all forms of violence.

Earlier Friday, the head of security at Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran was killed and two guards were injured in an attack by a man who said it was for personal reasons, the city's police chief said.

"A man armed with a Kalashnikov killed the head of the diplomatic mission's guard," an Azeri foreign ministry statement said, adding that the injured guards were in a "satisfactory" condition and an investigation had been launched.

The attacker has been arrested and is an Iranian man married to an Azerbaijani woman, Tehran's police chief General Hossein Rahimi said.

"He claims his wife has been held at the embassy for nine months," Rahimi said.