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Azerbaijan is a close ally of Israel and possesses one of the Caspian basin’s largest and most modern armies.
By JNS Staff
Iranian drones hit an airport in Azerbaijan and a nearby school on Thursday, injuring two people, according to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.
“This attack against the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan constitutes a violation of the norms and principles of international law and serves to increase tensions in the region,” the ministry wrote in a statement.
An Iranian drone exploded near a secondary school in the village of Shakarabad in Azerbaijan’s Babak District in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, according to Azeri outlet Report.
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordering on Iran’s northwestern tip and Armenia.
Azerbaijan is a close ally of Israel and possesses one of the Caspian basin’s largest and most modern armies. It has attempted to maintain constructive relations with its neighbor Iran while pursuing a close military cooperation with Israel, Turkey and NATO member countries.
In addition to Israel, Iran has hit targets in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait since the war began on Saturday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that a British Royal Airforce base in Cyprus was also targeted, though on Wednesday, the U.K. Defence Ministry said that “a Shahed-like drone which targeted RAF Akrotiri at midnight on 2nd March was not launched from Iran.”
Cypriot officials said the drone may have been launched from Lebanon, where Israel is fighting Hezbollah, a terrorist group that is an Iranian proxy, and which on Monday attacked Israel in solidarity with Iran.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Wednesday warned that the continued Iranian attacks against Arab countries constitute a mistake, urging Tehran to halt its operations immediately.
The attacks are “not only a blatant violation of international law and the U.N. Charter, but also an assault on the principles of good neighbourliness,” wrote Aboul Gheit, who heads a 22-member state body focused on uniting the Arab World on policy and trade issues.
“They are creating an unprecedented level of hostility between Iran and its Arab neighbours and causing a deep rupture whose impact will echo for years to come,” he added.
Several people have died as a result of Iran’s attacks, including two Kuwaiti servicemen, six U.S. servicemen, 10 Israel citizens and two foreign workers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Aboul Gheit added that while “no one underestimates the hardships of the war Iran is facing, there is absolutely no justification for targeting neighbouring Arab states in an attempt to drag them into a conflict that is not theirs, especially when several Arab countries have worked tirelessly to prevent such a catastrophic war.”
He emphasised that this is a “serious strategic miscalculation by Iran” and expressed hope that it will be corrected through an immediate end to the attacks.
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