ISW: Protesters in Iran blame IRGC for attack on Azerbaijani embassy

Protest organisations and coordinators in Iran have blamed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, which left one dead and two wounded.

Protesters against the regime call on the international community to recognise the IRGC as a terrorist organisation, Caliber.Az reports citing the US-based think tank "Institute for the Study of War" (ISW).

"Supreme National Security Council-affiliated Nour News separately published a tweet stating that the attack should not damage ties between Baku and Tehran," ISW said.

"Iranian Law Enforcement Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan appointed a new commander for the LEC Tehran provincial unit several hours after the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy. Radan seemingly demoted Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi, who has held the role since 2017, and replaced him with Brigadier General Abbas Ali Mohammadian, who served as the LEC Tehran city intelligence chief from 2008-2018 and the LEC Alborz provincial commander since 2017. It is not clear whether the embassy attack prompted Mohammadian’s appointment. Radan may have replaced Rahimi regardless of the embassy attack as Radan installs trusted officers to key security positions," analysts of the think tank suggest.