Tension skyrocketing between Iran and Azerbaijan. Danger of conflict?
Azerbaijani lawmakers blamed Iran on Wednesday for the attempted assassination of an Azerbaijani member of parliament in Baku on Tuesday evening amid rising tensions between Azerbaijan and Iran and fears of a renewal of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
On Tuesday evening, Azerbaijani MP Fazil Mustafa was shot outside his home in Baku by an assailant carrying a Kalashnikov rifle. On Wednesday afternoon he was hospitalized in stable condition and there was no immediate danger to his life.
Azerbaijan's State Security Service announced on Wednesday that the assault was a "terrorist attack" and it was conducting operations to identify the assailant and other suspects in the attack.
On Wednesday afternoon, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev instructed the country's security services to take "urgent operational and investigative measures" to identify and arrest those responsible for the attack.
Azerbaijani lawmakers blame Iran for attempted assassination
While Azerbaijani defense officials did not pin the blame on any particular group or country, Azerbaijani lawmakers and the media readily blamed Iran for the bombing.
Mashhur Mammadov, deputy of the ruling party of New Azerbaijan, told the Turan news agency that the attempted assassination was "a step taken by foreign forces to undermine the stability and reforms implemented in the country". The attack took place during a visit by the Azerbaijani foreign minister to Israel intended for the opening of an embassy of the Caucasian country and therefore for the complete normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
As reported by some Twitter accounts, Iran has raised the alarm by inviting members of movements and militia loyal to it to leave Azerbaijan as soon as possible
Iranian-Backed Groups including Hezbollah are calling on their Members to “Immediately Leave” the Azerbaijani Capital of Baku.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 2, 2023
Another sign that the tensions could lead to an armed conflict, yet another in an area of great tension that would create a lot of confusion: Azerbaijan is very close to Turkey, both ethnically and politically, but Turkey at the moment is not hostile to Iran, especially for economic issues.
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