Azerbaijan has declared 14 Iranian citizens persona non grata and barred their entry, APA reported, accusing them of making calls against Azerbaijan on...
Azerbaijan has declared 14 Iranian citizens persona non grata and barred their entry, APA reported, accusing them of making calls against Azerbaijan on social media and in the media and promoting religious hatred and hostility.
The list includes political analysts and academics, among them a former head of a Caucasus and Anatolia research centre at Tabriz University.
Why it matters: the move turns a war of words online into a formal diplomatic step, and it lands as Baku and Tehran manage a relationship that is rarely warm.
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