Azerbaijan Strongly Protests to Iran After Fatal Embassy Shooting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The incident comes amid increased tensions between Azerbaijan and Iran after Baku appointed its first ever ambassador to Israel this month.
50% : However, the Azeri foreign ministry said it planned shortly to evacuate its embassy staff from Tehran.
49% :Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, quoted on a government site, said that based on evidence and initial observations the gunman's motive was "completely personal.""Necessary security measures have been taken to continue normal activities at the embassy and diplomats of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Tehran," he said.
42% : Azerbaijan, a secular Muslim former Soviet republic which borders Iran, has friendly ties with the United States and Israel and has had difficult diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic.
39% :The superintendent of criminal affairs in Tehran, Judge Mohammad Shahriari, quoted the assailant as saying his wife went to the Azerbaijan embassy and had never returned home, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency.
36% : Police in Tehran said they had arrested a suspect and Iranian authorities condemned the incident, but played down talk of any political motive for the attack.
24% : A gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people at Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran on Friday, in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism" that it said was the result of Tehran failing to heed its calls for improved security.
20% : In a strongly worded statement, the ministry said an "anti-Azerbaijani campaign" in Iran had contributed to the attack, without elaborating, and accused Tehran of long ignoring its appeals to bolster security at the embassy.

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