A gunman stormed Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran on Friday, killing the mission’s head of security in an attack which Iran said was motivated by personal reasons but Baku labelled an act of “terrorism”.
Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said “responsibility” for the shooting, which also wounded two embassy security guards, lies with Iran. Spokesman Ayxan Hacizada later told Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT Haber that embassy staff were “being evacuated from Iran”.—AP
