Azerbaijan declares 4 employees of Iranian Embassy persona-non-grata

On April 6, 2023, Seyyed Abbas Mousavi, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Azerbaijan, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Report informs, citing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

During the meeting, strong dissatisfaction was expressed to the Iranian Ambassador due to the recent provocative actions demonstrated by his country in relation to Azerbaijan.

It was brought to the attention of the Iranian ambassador that four employees of the Iranian Embassy were declared persona-non-grata by the Azerbaijani government due to their activities incompatible with diplomatic status and contradicting the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and those persons were demanded to leave the territory of Azerbaijan within 48 hours.