Caucasian Muslims Office issues statement over attack on Azerbaijani embassy in Iran

The Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO) has issued a statement over the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran.

Report has learned from CMO that the Office strongly condemns the act of aggression against the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran on January 27, 2023 and considers it a politically motivated terrorist act.

"The attack on the sovereign territory of independent Azerbaijan - our embassy and its employees - is a terrorist act directed against our country and contrary to international law in general.

"Azerbaijani believers were indignant of the news of the terrorist act in the embassy of our country.

"An armed attack on our embassy in a state that threatens its Muslim brother, promises weapons and military assistance to our enemy, whose hands are stained with the blood of Muslims, who desecrates our shrines, is a direct threat to the state interests of Azerbaijan and our people.

"This monstrous terrorist attack is condemned in all Azerbaijani mosques, and the true essence of what happened against our people and our state will be brought to the attention of believers in the sermons of our religious leaders," the Office said.

The Caucasian Muslims Office noted that the Iranian side bears full responsibility for the attack on the embassy in accordance with international law.