Shocking video of gunman opens fire with Kalashnikov at Azerbaijan embassy in Iran

Panic prevailed on Friday morning (27/1) when armed stormed the embassy to Azerbaijan in Tehran and started shooting with Kalashnikov employees. The man killed the head of the embassy’s security and injured two other people.

As reported by the Iranian news agency Tasnim citing the police chief, the attacker entered the embassy with two small children and his motive may have been “personal issues”.

Her police Tehran announced that a suspect had been arrested and that the motive for the attack was being investigated.

“The attacker broke into the guard post and killed the head of security with a Kalashnikov rifle,” the statement said, while a shocking video of the attack is circulating online.

President of Azerbaijan: Punish the terrorists

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in his post on Twitter about the attack on his country’s embassy in Tehran said: “I express my deepest condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased senior lieutenant Asgarov Orkhan Rizvan oglu. We demand that this act of terrorism be investigated soon and the terrorists punished soon…”.

of Turkey: Our brotherly nation Azerbaijan is never alone

In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, our neighboring country expresses its support for Azerbaijan, stressing: “We condemn the armed attack on the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran. We wish God’s mercy to the Embassy staff who lost their lives in this attack and speedy recovery to the injured.

Turkey, which has suffered similar attacks in the past, deeply shares the pain of the people of Azerbaijan. It is very important that those responsible for this despicable attack are immediately found and brought to justice and that all necessary measures are taken to prevent it from happening again. Our brotherly nation Azerbaijan is never alone. Our support to Azerbaijan will continue unabated, as always.”