TEHRAN: The head of security at Azerbaijan’s Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran was killed while two other people were injured in an armed attack earlier today.
Reports gathered by MM News revealed that a gunman armed with AK-47 assault rifle stormed the embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran at around 8:30am local time, killing an Azeri national and injuring two others.
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Azerbaijani media said the man killed in the attack was Orkhan Asgarov, who is the head of the security service of the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran.
The man entered the embassy with his two young children, Tehran police chief Hossein Rahimi said.
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry described the attack as “treacherous.”
“An individual with a Kalashnikov rifle attacked the security post and killed the head of security. Two embassy guards were also wounded in preventing the attack. Their condition is satisfactory. This treacherous attack is currently under investigation. The public will be provided with additional information on the details,” the ministry said, according to Azerbaijani media.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned the attack and expressed condolences to the family of the victim as well as the Azeri government and people.
Kanaani said immediately after the incident Iranian police and security forces detained the attacker and he is now under investigation.
