This was reported in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

“On January 27, 2023, at about 08:30 Baku time, an armed attack took place on the embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the report says.

It is specified that the head of the security service was killed, two more embassy guards were injured.

In October, the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported that the official car of the Azerbaijani embassy was fired upon in Washington.