Azerbaijan closes its embassy in Tehran as tensions spiral after a gunman stormed the diplomatic mission, killing the security chief and wounding two other guards https://t.co/hry6GZb5PX
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Reuters: Azerbaijan to evacuate embassy in Iran on Sunday after fatal shooting
BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan will evacuate embassy staff and family members from Iran on Sunday, the foreign ministry said, two days after a gunman shot dead a security guard and wounded two other people in an attack Baku branded an "act of terrorism".
Police in Tehran have said they had arrested a suspect and Iranian authorities condemned Friday's incident, but said the gunman appeared to have had a personal, not a political, motive.
The incident came amid increased tensions between the neighbouring countries over Iran's treatment of its large ethnic Azeri minority and over Azerbaijan's decision this month to appoint its first ever ambassador to Israel.
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Update: Azerbaijan Evacuating Embassy In Iran Following Armed Attack (Iran International)
WNU Editor: Iran says this attack should not impact Iranian - Azerbaijan relations .... Iran says embassy attack should not affect Azerbaijan relations (Al Jazeera).
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