Iran foreign minister accuses Israel of Azerbaijan drone attack

By AFP 5 March 2026, 5:05 pm

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accuses Israel of launching a drone attack in Azerbaijan that was blamed on Iran, describing it as an attempt to harm Tehran’s relations with its neighbor.

In a phone call with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov, Araghchi “denied that Iran fired any projectiles” at Azerbaijan. He also condemned “the role of the Israeli regime in such attacks in order to divert public opinion and destroy Iran’s good relations with its neighbors,” according to a statement from Iran’s foreign ministry.

Four people were wounded in the midday drone attack in Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhichevan near the Iranian border.