BAKU: Azerbaijan has expelled four employees of Iran’s embassy, citing activities “incompatible with diplomatic status” after months of strained relations between the two neighbours.
The move came just hours after Baku arrested six Azerbaijani nationals allegedly linked to Iranian secret services and accused them of plotting a coup.
Baku has been critical of Iran’s alleged backing of Armenia in Azerbaijan’s conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Iran accuses Azerbaijan of supporting separatist sentiment
Iran has accused Azerbaijan of supporting separatist sentiment within its borders and fears that the country could be used for a possible offensive against Iran by Israel, which is a major supplier of arms to Baku.
