Drone explodes at Nakhchivan airport, in Azerbaijan Military drones hit an airport and a school in Azerbaijan this Thursday (5), according to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ministry said the drones were fired by Iran, which denied the attack. A video recorded the moment when one of the artifacts explodes when it hits the ground (see above). Two people were injured, according to the local government. Azerbaijan accused Iran of the attack and said it had summoned the Iranian ambassador to provide explanations. The Iranian government, however, denied firing the drones, according to the country’s state media. Still, Azerbaijan’s president promised reprisals. According to the Azerbaijani government, one of the drones crashed at an airport in Nakhchivan, near the border with Iran, and the other near a school. In a statement, the ministry condemned the attacks, demanded explanations from Iran and said Azerbaijan reserves the right to take “appropriate response measures.” “We strongly condemn the drone attacks launched from the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. The statement also states that the episode “increases tensions in the region”. ➡️ Although it has not been involved in the Middle East conflict so far, Azerbaijan has been facing tensions with neighboring Iran in recent years. This is because the Azerbaijani government buys weapons from Israel, and Tehran accuses the Israeli government of using Azerbaijani airspace to be closer in offensives on Iranian territory. Nakhichevan, where the targeted airport is located, is an autonomous exclave of Azerbaijan and is located between Armenia, Turkey and Iran. Moment in which a drone hits the ground at an airport terminal in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, which blamed Iran for the shooting, on March 5, 2026. Social Media via Reuters See the videos trending on g1
Source link
VIDEO: Drone explodes at airport in Azerbaijan, blames Iran
14
previous post
