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Azerbaijan is withdrawing alldiplomatic personnel from Iran due to security concerns, Foreign MinisterJeyhun Bayramov announced on Friday, a day after Baku reported that fourIranian drones crossed the border and injured four people in the Nakhchivan exclave.
During a press conference inBaku, Bayramov indicated that President Ilham Aliyev ordered the evacuationfollowing recent developments, adding that staff at Azerbaijan’s embassy inTehran and its consulate general in Tabriz have received instructions todepart, and the process is already underway.
Aliyev previously directed theAzerbaijani military to prepare response options after authorities accused Iranof carrying out a drone strike on Azerbaijani territory. The presidentdescribed the incident as an “unjustified and aggressive act” and argued that theattack would remain a lasting “stain” on Iran’s record.
Iran’s General Staff, however,denied sending drones toward Azerbaijan and has repeatedly rejected accusationsthat Iranian missiles or unmanned aircraft targeted civilian infrastructureduring the ongoing conflict.
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