An Iranian man arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on the Israeli embassy in the Republic of Azerbaijan denies the allegation, an Iranian diplomat said on Thursday, SIA reports citing Reuters.
Hassan Faraji, 31, is the latest in a number of Iranians to be accused of criminal plots in recent years in Azerbaijan, which has tense ties with its larger southern neighbor.
Faraji was detained near the Israeli embassy in the capital Baku on October 31 but his arrest was made public on Wednesday, when state TV showed footage of police raiding an apartment.
"Faraji had a detailed plan of an attack on personnel of the Israeli embassy...He put up a resistance to the police during a detention," police said in a statement.
A court in Azerbaijan sentenced him to one month pre-trial detention, while Azeri and Israeli media reported that he had connections with Iran's Revolutionary Guards, an allegation an Iranian official denied.
"This information does not correspond to the reality," the Iranian embassy spokesman, who did not want to be named, told Reuters.
Iranian embassy officials met Faraji in custody.
"He denies all charges and believes that his innocence will be proved during an investigation," he said.
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