ArmInfo. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani responded to the call of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to its citizens to refrain from traveling to Iran. An Iranian diplomat in his microblog on Twitter noted that "the people of Azerbaijan should be frightened by the Israeli regime, and not by civilized Islamic Iran." Kanaani stressed that "Iran continues to pursue a visa-free policy and opens its arms to Azerbaijani brothers and sisters."
"The Islamic Republic aims to continue the policy of friendship within the framework of mutual respect," he concluded.
On June 3, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on Azerbaijani citizens to refrain from traveling to Iran. "Taking into account the restriction of the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Islamic Republic of Iran, after the terrorist attack against the Azerbaijani embassy in January of this year, citizens of the country are strongly advised not to visit Iran if it is not necessary, and those who make a visit should exercise great caution ", the ministry said in a warning.
At the same time, Baku emphasized that Azerbaijani citizens already in Iran must observe security measures, and, if necessary, contact the Azerbaijani Consulate General in Tabriz.
On June 1, it became known that "Azerbaijani citizen Farid Safarli, who disappeared in Iran," was arrested on charges of espionage. According to the Azerbaijani media, he left for Iran on February 20 and after March 4 did not get in touch. According to Safarli's mother Dilara Askerova, who together with her relatives held a rally in front of the Iranian embassy in Baku, she and her son lived in Germany, Farid studied to be a doctor, and went to Iran to pick up a girl whom he met during an internship at a German university. Azerbaijan has already sent a note to Iran in connection with the disappearance of Farid Safarli. Relations between Baku and Tehran escalated after the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran. Then one person died, two more were injured of varying severity. During interrogation, the detained assailant explained his motives by personal and family problems. According to the head of the Iranian capital's police department, Hossein Rahimi, during interrogation, the detained said that he was trying to free his wife, who, as he believed, had been on the fourth floor of the embassy for a long time.