Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan recalled due to the statements of Azerbaijani citizens about Ayatollah Khamenei
Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Bagher Bahrami returned to Iran for consultations on Tuesday, the Iranian embassy has reported.
The diplomat was recalled due to a recent protest organized by a group of Azerbaijani citizens in front of the building of the Iranian embassy in Baku, in which statements were made about Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Khamenei that Iranian officials found to be offensive.
In the meantime, the press service for the Iranian embassy has issued a report citing charge d'affaires Ahmed Nemati saying that the Iranian ambassador had left for Tehran in the evening of May 21 "for consultations on the insult of religious saints."
Several protests organized by opposition activists and diaspora organizations were conducted in front of the Iranian embassy building in Baku last week to protest Iran's anti-Azerbaijani policies and the encroachments on the rights of the Azeri population of Iran. The protesters used photos of the Iranian president and spiritual leader with critical comments.
Gudrat Gasanguliyev, chairman of the Azeri opposition People's Front of the United Azerbaijan party, said Iran's actions constitute interference in the internal affairs of Azerbaijan.
"I believe the Iranian ambassador should have been driven away from here," Gasanguliyev told the Azeri parliament on Tuesday.
He said previous Iran's spiritual leader Homeini, whose country makes anti-Azerbaijani speeches in connection with the Eurovision song contest in Baku, "once found shelter in France." "Why did he [Homeini] not find shelter in Muslim countries, but in France, which is one of the organizers of Eurovision?" Gasanguliyev said.
Mubariz Gurbanly, parliamentarian and deputy executive secretary of the ruling party Yeni Azerbaijan, has sharply condemned the organizers of the anti-Azerbaijani protests in Iran. "The Islamic Republic of Iran has the word 'Islamic' in its name and therefore should not have worked with Armenia, which has occupied the territory of Azerbaijan. Therefore, it is logical that Azerbaijani youth are protesting in front of the Iranian embassy [in Baku]. Anti-Azerbaijani speeches made by some religious figures in Tebriz, Tehran, and Ardebil are bad not only for Azerbaijani-Iranian relations, but also for Iran," Gurbanly said.
SOURCE: http://www.radio-elshaday.de/
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