BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 30. The
terrorist assault on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran on January
27, 2023, incurred the severest condemnation of the world
neighborhood, Trend
studies.
On account of the armed assault, one embassy worker
was killed and two had been injured. The wrongdoer of the incident is
Yasin Huseynzade, an Iranian citizen, and, in keeping with the overseas
media, there are suspicions that he’s linked with the particular
providers of Iran, primarily with the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps].
If the embassy guards had not stopped the assault, all
embassy staff had been deliberate to be killed. The police within the space
haven’t made any makes an attempt to forestall the terrorist assault, and
presently, no operational actions are being taken.
This isn’t the primary time that overseas embassies have
been attacked in Iran. Even earlier than that, there have been assaults on
embassies, consulates, worldwide missions, and overseas
residents. What is going on requires efficient steps by the
worldwide neighborhood to forestall such incidents within the
future.
As Azerbaijani Deputy Overseas Minister Khalaf Khalafov
instructed reporters yesterday, Iran is answerable for the terrorist
assault on the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran.
“In accordance with the related articles of the Vienna
Conference, the nation wherein the embassy is situated is
answerable for safety. Iran as a number state is answerable for
the terrorist act and its grave penalties,” mentioned the deputy
FM.
“We’ve got repeatedly delivered to the eye of the
Iranian facet that there are threats to the diplomatic
illustration of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the territory of
Iran. We demanded that Iran strengthen safety measures. The
incident reveals that Iran reacted irresponsibly to this, and as a
outcome, this terrorist act was dedicated,” the deputy minister
added.
In accordance with Khalafov, Azerbaijan intends to implement
applicable worldwide mechanisms to research the terrorist
assault on the embassy in Tehran.
Talking in regards to the significance of the immediate
investigation of what has occurred, American analyst Irina
Zuckerman instructed Trend that the difficulty requires diplomatic
intervention.
“In 2016, when the Saudi Embassy was attacked in Iran,
quite a lot of international locations broke off diplomatic relations with Iran, and
some nonetheless not have formally restored them. The explanation for that was
not simply merely poor safety however as a result of components of the Iranian
authorities performed a component in organized assaults. Iran is a
surveillance state; it’s merely unimaginable for one thing like that
to occur with out the authorities being conscious and giving approval
and even planning involvement. I believe given the clearly rising
hostilities in opposition to Azerbaijan by the Iranian authorities – and the
different provocations which have achieved nothing however escalate tensions, it
could also be smart to evacuate the embassy in the intervening time and make it
digital and downgrade diplomatic relations to ship a political
message to Tehran,” she mentioned.
Zuckerman famous that in fact, all efforts needs to be
made to demand accountability for this incident which is simply
more likely to repeat if met with impunity.
“Let’s recall that when the Baku Embassy in London was
attacked by an extremist group it was rumored that that they had hyperlinks
to Iran as nicely. If that’s the case, this isn’t simply an remoted
incident however a part of a sample, which is especially disturbing
since Iran has additionally been accused of masterminding assaults on former
officers and critics in different international locations,” the analyst added.
Peter Tase, US professional, and strategic adviser on
worldwide affairs and public diplomacy to governments,
universities, and firms in Europe and the Americas instructed
Development that the terrorist assault on the Azerbaijani Embassy should be
condemned with the utmost stage of resilience and EU, US should
impose financial sanctions in opposition to the political elite of
Tehran.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has all the time supported
with weapons and unmanned air automobiles the terrorist regime of
Armenia. Tehran is the primary sponsor of Armenian armed assaults
contained in the sovereign territory of Azerbaijan. In entrance of those
blatant actions, the worldwide neighborhood together with the UN and
OSCE has not condemned the malign, warmongering efforts of the
Iranian terrorist regime within the South Caucasus and Eurasia. It’s a
proven fact that Iran is just not anymore a regional participant, certainly its
theocratic authorities has change into a risk and supply of terrorist
operations on each side of the Atlantic. The horrible assault
in opposition to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Tehran is a significant terrorist
assault, this brutal motion should be condemned with the utmost stage
of resilience, and the EU and US should impose financial sanctions
in opposition to the political elite of Tehran,” he mentioned.
Tase identified that for over 30 years Iran has
financed terrorist operations and monetary providers that straight
profit Hezbollah and different terrorist organizations and their
political aspirations.
“This assault in opposition to Azerbaijan occurs only some
hours after the US Division of State introduced severe actions
and monetary sanctions in opposition to the present Vice President of
Paraguay Hugo Adalberto Velázquez Moreno for his deep ties and
robust alliance with Hezbollah and different felony organizations in
the Center East, and severe sanctions are imposed by the US
Division of the Treasury in opposition to Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara
(former president of Paraguay, 2013-2018) for his cash laundering
actions which have straight supported Iran and its terrorist
allies within the area. Actions of this magnitude should proceed
in opposition to the ruthless regime of Tehran,” mentioned the US professional.
He famous that the order of closing of Iranian Embassy
in Tirana, Republic of Albania, in September 2022, is one other
vital motion taken in direction of decreasing the malign affect of
Iran and assuring that the Ayatollahs don’t broaden their terrorist
operations within the South Caucasus.
“The current assault in opposition to the Embassy of Azerbaijan,
should be condemned and unbridled actions needs to be taken till the
warmongers of Tehran are right down to their knees,” mentioned Peter Tase.
Richard Hoagland, the previous co-chair of the previous
OSCE Minsk Group from the US supplied honest condolences to the
household of the killed head of the safety service.
“Sadly, terrorist assaults in opposition to embassies
can occur anyplace on the planet, and the job of an embassy guard
is extraordinarily harmful. Preparation and prevention are the most effective
defenses. It’s also important for the embassy to have shut
relations with the host nation’s safety forces and to make sure
that the most effective defenses are in place. However the unhappy reality is that
terrorists will strike — that is the unhappy actuality of our present
world,” he mentioned.
Former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Matthew Bryza instructed
Development that if the Iranian authorities stands behind this terrorist
assault, it means a severe diplomatic disaster between the 2
international locations.
“At this level, not sufficient is understood to evaluate whether or not
the Authorities of Iran is someway complicit with this assault,
although senior sources within the Azerbaijani authorities are suggesting
that is the case, which might imply Azerbaijan and Iran have entered
a severe diplomatic and safety disaster. If this assassin was
performing independently of the Authorities of Iran, nonetheless, the
state of affairs could be fairly totally different,” he defined.
In the meanwhile, the terrorist assault is being
investigated. However the Iranian facet is spreading pretend variations
concerning the motives of the armed assault on the diplomatic
mission, and these variations are additionally repeated by the Tehran police
and different accountable individuals, which raises many questions. In a
assertion, the Tehran police mentioned that the attacker got here to the
embassy with two kids and that the killer was in search of his
spouse, who was “hiding” within the embassy. However the footage of the
second of the assault additionally proves that the statements from the
Iranian facet are false. The attacker was not with kids, as mentioned
by the Iranian facet, he was alone and supposed to kill all of the
embassy employees.
The assault on Azerbaijan’s diplomatic mission is a
continuation of Iran’s long-standing anti-Azerbaijani hysteria and
escalation coverage. It’s apparent that each one these provocations are
nothing however directions from the Iranian authorities and particular
providers themselves. The statements from the Iranian facet are lies
and are aimed toward distracting consideration from a terrorist who has
some hyperlinks with the Iranian particular providers.
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