Official Tehran has recalled its ambassador in Azerbaijan Mohammad Bagher Bahrami.
Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Mohammad Bagher Bahrami left for Tehran, spokesperson for the Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan Abbas Isgandari told.
Isgandari said he didn’t know when the ambassador would return to Baku.
The chargé d’affaires of the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan, seyyid Ahmad Nemati, noted that due to the insulting of religious saints, Ambassador Mohammad Bagher Bahrami left for Tehran for consultations yesterday evening (21 May 2012).
As a reason of the withdrawal, the Iranian party says that the participants of the recent protest outside the Iranian embassy in Baku insulted the spiritual leader of the country Ayatollah Khamenei. The ambassador has supposedly been called to Tehran for consultations.
A number of protests against the anti-Azerbaijani policy of Tehran and violation of the rights of millions of Azerbaijanis in this country were held outside the Iranian embassy in Baku last week.
The photos of the president and the spiritual leader of Iran with critical comments were used during the protest.
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