Tehran-Bakur relations continue to deteriorate

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.