President Aliyev demands transparent investigation into terrorist attack on Azerbaijan's Tehran embassy

President Ilham Aliyev has said that the authorities of Iran should conduct a transparent investigation into the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran in January.

"During 30-40 minutes the terrorist was not disarmed, and the police cars coming and going, security officers allowed him to break in twice and kill one security officer and injured two others. And only the bravery of one of the security officers, who with empty hands disarmed that terrorist, saved the lives of maybe dozens of Azerbaijanis. Because they were the families of the diplomats, including children living in that building. Therefore, we demand an immediate and transparent investigation," Aliyev told reporters following his participation at the panel discussions held as part of the Munich Security Conference on February 18, per President.Az.

"And the fact that right after this act of terror, the terrorist was interviewed by Iranian media demonstrates that he is one of those who were sent by some of the branches of the Iranian establishment. And another strange thing was that just two days after, he was announced as mentally disabled. How could they hold this expertise immediately? That is an attempt to protect him from justice. Therefore, the Iranian government should have a transparent investigation," he added.

According to Aliyev, Azerbaijan must be informed the investigation, the terrorist must be punished, but most important, those who sent the terrorist - those representatives of the Iranian establishment, who did this brutal act against Azerbaijan must be brought to justice.

"Only after that, we can talk about any kind of normalisation," the Azerbaijani leader said.