Azerbaijan declares four Iran embassy employees persona non grata

On April 6, Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Seyed Abbas Mousavi was summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

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, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.

"It was brought to the attention of the Iranian ambassador that 4 employees of the Iranian Embassy were declared persona non grata by the Azerbaijani government due to their activities that [were] incompatible with diplomatic status and contradict the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, and those persons were demanded to leave the territory of Azerbaijan within 48 hours," the statement added.