A guard has been killed in an attack on Azerbaijan\u2019s embassy in Iran, the country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, adding that it will evacuate its diplomatic staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe attacker broke through the guard post, killing the head of security with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,\u201d it said. Friday\u2019s attack in Tehran also injured two guards, the Azerbaijani ministry said. An investigation has been launched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Ilham Aliyev called the assault on his country\u2019s embassy a \u201cterrorist act\u201d and demanded a swift investigation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A guard has been killed in an attack on Azerbaijan\u2019s embassy in Iran, the country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, adding that it will evacuate its diplomatic staff. \u201cThe attacker broke through the guard post, killing the head of security with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,\u201d it said. Friday\u2019s attack in Tehran also injured two guards, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":90044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[3414,3413],"class_list":["post-90043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-azerbaijani-embassy-in-iran","tag-azerbaijani-guard-killed"],"yoast_head":"\n