ArmInfo. Representatives of the Azerbaijani side apologized for the accidental hit of shells on the territory of Iran. Iran's Deputy Police Chief Qasem Rezaee announced this on Wednesday, TASS reports.
"We held a meeting on the border area with representatives of the Azerbaijani side <...>, and they apologized," he said, pointing to "a number of shells and missiles that hit the territory of Iran." Rezaee's words are quoted by Tasnim agency.
He added that "the Iranian border guards, in accordance with their powers, warned Armenia and Azerbaijan after accidental hits of rockets and shells on the territory of Iran." "These countries have also admitted their mistake," Rezaee said.
On Monday, the Tasnim agency reported that several shells fired during the clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh fell on the territory of Iran. According to the agency, the shells fell near the village of Khoda Afarin, located in the border region in northern Iran, as a result of which a six-year-old child was injured. Several houses and farmland were also damaged.
Meanwhile, Armenian military observers believe that these "accidental" shelling of Iranian territory may not be entirely accidental. Apparently, being unable to break through the southern borders of the Karabakh front, Baku hopes to bypass it from Iran.
"This is a kind of trial balloons in the form of shells, so the Armenian Defense Ministry called on Iran to prevent the Azerbaijani army from crossing the border at the Araks River," Armenian Defense Ministry said.
As RA Defense Ministry spokesman Artsrun Hovhannisyan said today, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces often try to use the border flowing along the Araks. It is not excluded that as a result of hostilities, Azerbaijani units, having no alternative, retreating, flee to Iranian territory. The MoD called on the Iranian side to " monitor these actions and prevent them from crossing the river."