IRAN

As delivered by Ambassador Michael Carpenter 
to the Permanent Council, Vienna:

We express our condolences to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the families of those hurt and killed in the attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Tehran.

The United States condemns any form of violence and is committed to ensuring the safety and security of foreign diplomatic missions.  We call on the Iranian authorities to investigate and hold those responsible for the attack accountable.

The Iranian regime has placed Yasin Huseynzade, an Iranian citizen who committed a terrorist attack against the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran, in a psychiatric hospital, Trend reports.

During the attack on the embassy, the head of the security service was killed and two embassy guards were injured.

Germany and France support the idea of including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, elite units of Iran's army, literally “Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution”, also called “Sepah” or “Pasdaran”, ) on the list of terrorist organizations. This was reported by the British newspaper "Financial Times" on Sunday evening, citing sources familiar with the progress of discussions on this matter.

As tensions between the two countries have been escalating, just a while ago, Iran "warned" that, if Azerbaijan takes any steps against the Islamic Republic, it will receive a "decisive reaction".

"The Republic of Azerbaijan should know that the Islamic Republic of Iran, as a powerful country in the region, will never allow its borders to be endangered," Brigadier General Alireza Taneh of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of the Iranian Armed Forces said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov has met with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian on the sidelines of the 26^th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in Uzbekistan, Azerbaijani FM wrote on his Twitter page.

According to the publication, regional and other issues of mutual interest were discussed at the meeting.

The Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation - Vyacheslav Volodin has invited the Chairman of the Assembly of the Islamic Council of Iran (Majlis) - Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf to take part in a conference of Speakers of Parliaments on countering terrorism and strengthening regional cooperation, which will be held in April in Moscow, reports TASS.

Members of the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the leadership of the European Union to include the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC, elite units of Iran's army, literally “Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution”), also called “Sepah” or “Pasdaran”, ) on the list of terrorist organizations. The message is from the Reuters agency.

Prof. Teodor Detchev, Higher School of Security and Economics, head of "Blacksea Caspia" in "The World is Business", 04.01.2023

Iran is preparing to flood Europe with its oil in place of the departing Russian energy carriers: Moscow's new friend has accumulated 100 million barrels of oil that can go to the West at any moment. Tehran is just waiting for the green light.

A tripartite agreement between Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia will soon be signed for the construction of the Resht-Astara railway line within the North-South corridor.

This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Planning of Iran - Shahriar Efendizadeh at a press conference held on August 28, 2022 in Tehran.