The Iran Conflict Comes To The Caucasus -- Radio Free Europe
When police in Tbilisi discovered and defused a bomb on the car of an employee of the Israeli Embassy on February 13, it marked the second time in less than a month that the Jewish state's diplomats had become the target of an attack in the South Caucasus.
The other incident came in late January when Azerbaijani security officials said they had foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate the Israeli ambassador, a local rabbi, and other prominent Jews in that country. Police arrested two Azerbaijani nationals in connection with that plot.
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Update: Azerbaijan: Where East Meets West, A Den Of Spies -- NPR
My Comment: Relations between Iran and Azerbaijan were already strained .... but Iran's demands are only making this situation worse.
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