Funeral in Baku for embassy guard killed in Iran

(30 Jan 2023)
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Baku, Azerbaijan - 30 January 2023
1. Apartment building, tilt down to crowd at farewell ceremony
2. Various of people around coffin, women crying
3. Close of women crying
4. Photo of killed Azeri embassy security chief Orkhan Askarov
5. People standing with wreaths
6. Various of funeral ceremony, military officers walking with coffin, wreaths and photo
7. Pan of crowd at grave
8. Mid of people with photo at grave

STORYLINE:
A farewell ceremony and funeral of the Azerbaijan embassy security chief, who was killed in the attack in Tehran, took place in Baku.

Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister said earlier that the country’s embassy to Iran suspended its operation.

The staff was evacuated late Sunday.

A gunman stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing its security chief and wounding two guards.

Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev called the assault a “terrorist attack.” He identified the dead security chief as 1st Lt. Orkhan Rizvan Oglu Askarov.

Iran blamed a personal dispute over the attack, though it comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries. Azerbaijan later accused Iran of ignoring threats at the diplomatic post.

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