BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 14. Iran’s
Prosecutor General Mohammad Kazem Movahedi Azad has arrived in
Azerbaijan on a working go to on the invitation of his Azerbaijani
counterpart Kamran Aliyev to take part within the 4th assembly of the
Prosecutors General of the member states of the Organization for
Economic Cooperation in Baku, Trend studies.
Speaking concerning the significance of measures aimed toward creating
enterprise relations between the Azerbaijani and Iranian prosecutor’s
workplaces at right this moment’s assembly on the Prosecutor General’s Office,
Aliyev expressed hope for the additional continuation of bilateral
cooperation.
He additionally appreciated the assertion of the Iranian Prosecutor’s
Office concerning the prosecution of the individual accountable for the
terrorist assault towards the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran as an
necessary step on this course.
Thanking Movahedi Azad for the nice and cozy reception, he stated that the
construction represented by him attaches nice significance to the
growth of relations with Azerbaijan within the area of authorized
cooperation.
He additionally shared the pleasure of constructing his first overseas go to to
Azerbaijan because the Prosecutor General.
Besides, he famous that the felony case associated to the assault
on the Azerbaijani Embassy is underneath his management and has been despatched
to the courtroom, which can render a good judgment on it.
The events mentioned problems with authorized cooperation between the
two nations, together with extradition, the switch of convicts,
unlawful drug trafficking, environmental authorized violations, and different
mutually fascinating points.
They emphasised the significance of exchanging info on this
area, held a helpful change of opinions, and famous that
cooperation on worldwide platforms, together with the Organization
for Economic Cooperation, will proceed.
Additionally, Aliyev and Azad mentioned the felony case of
Farid Safarli, a citizen of Azerbaijan who was convicted in
Iran.
The assembly was attended by the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to
Iran, Ali Alizada, and the Ambassador of Iran to Azerbaijan, Seyyed
Abbas Mousavi.
An armed assault befell on the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran
on January 27, 2023, at about 8:30 (GMT+4). The gunman turned out
to be a person in his 50s who drove as much as the executive constructing
armed with a Kalashnikov computerized rifle.
Earlier studies from the Chief of Tehran Police stated there have been
two kids within the automotive with the gunman; the safety
digicam footage launched later proved the person was alone. He
entered the constructing after briefly waving his hand to the Iranian
safety guard exterior. No makes an attempt have been made to detain the gunman,
as he freely entered the embassy. The man managed to kill the pinnacle
of the safety service and wound two embassy guards. The shooter
was finally detained. The incident is at present being
investigated.
Following the lethal assault, Azerbaijan evacuated its officers
from the embassy, together with those that suffered because of the
assault, and fully suspended the work of the embassy in
Tehran.
Farid Safarli (d/b 1997), a scholar at Jena University, Germany,
visited Iran on February 20, 2023, and has been lacking since March
4. Later, it was found that he had been detained in Iran.
The accusation of “espionage” towards Safarli in the course of the courtroom
continuing was modified to “intent to commit espionage” on July 19.
He was sentenced to a two-year jail time period.
