Body of head of security service at Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran handed over to his family (PHOTO)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. The body of the
head of the security service Orkhan Asgarov, who was killed in the
attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Iran, has been handed over to
his family, Trend
reports.

A plane carrying evacuated employees of the Azerbaijani Embassy
in Iran landed at about 22:00 (GMT+4) at the Heydar Aliyev
International Airport in Baku. This plane has delivered the embassy
staff, members of their families and the body of martyr Orkhan
Asgarov to Azerbaijan. He will be buried in the second Alley of
Martyrs in Baku.

An armed attack took place at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Iran
on January 27, 2023, at about 8:30 (GMT+4). The gunman turned out
to be a man in his 50’s, who drove up to the administrative
building, armed with a Kalashnikov automatic rifle.

Earlier reports from the Chief of Tehran police said there were
two children in the car with the gunman, the security camera footage released later proved the
man was alone. He entered the building after briefly waving hand to
the Iranian security guard outside. No attempts were made to detain
the gunman, as he freely entered the embassy. The man managed to
kill head of the security service and wounding two embassy guards.
The shooter was eventually detained. The incident is currently
being investigated.