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Man who attacked Azerbaijani embassy in Iran executed this morning

21 May 2025 09:48 (UTC +04:00)

The man who attacked the Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran was executed in Tehran this morning, APA reports.

The court ruling was carried out in the early hours of this morning.

Armed attack on the embassy on January 27, 2023

Note that on January 27, 2023, at around 08:30 Baku time, an armed attack was carried out on the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The attacker, armed with a Kalashnikov rifle, broke through the security post and killed the head of the security service, Orkhan Asgarov. Two members of the embassy's security service – Vasif Taghiyev and Mahir Imanov – were injured while preventing the attack.

Security guards martyred and injured during the attack

Orkhan Asgarov was buried in the Second Alley of Martyrs. By the Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on February 3, 2023, Orkhan Rizvan oglu Asgarov was posthumously awarded the “For the Motherland” medal.

Vasif Natig oglu Taghiyev was awarded the 1st Degree “Bravery” Order, and Mahir Kamil oglu Imanov was awarded the “For the Motherland” medal. The perpetrator of the terrorist act, Yasin Hoseinzadeh, was detained.

Suspension of the embassy’s operations and evacuation of staff

Following the incident, the operations of Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran were suspended. On January 29, 2023, the employees of the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran were evacuated from Tehran to Baku. In total, 53 people, including embassy staff and their family members, returned to the homeland.

Resumption of the embassy’s operations at a new address

As a result of negotiations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran resumed operations at a new address starting from July 15, 2024. The ambassador and the current staff of the embassy returned to Iran.

The trial of Yasin Hoseinzadeh, who attacked Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran, was held over a period of two years. The Supreme Court of Iran upheld the death sentence against the individual who attacked the embassy, and the case was sent to Tehran for the execution of the criminal verdict.