Baku Court of Appeal has held the preliminary consideration of the appeal on the gang members, who were suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Baku and regions on the eve of Eurovision song contest 2012 and having links with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (SEPAH).
The hearing has been scheduled for January 25 at the process.
Note that, the Ministry of National Security conducted special operations in Baku, Sumgayit, Ganja, Gakh, Zagatala, Guba and rendered harmless 40 people on the eve of Eurovision 2012 song contest. According to the judgment passed by the Court of Grave Crimes, Kamal Yagubov was sentenced to 14 years, Rashad Shahbazov to 13 years and 6 months, Rajab Abbasov and Afig Allahverdiyev to 13 years in jail.
The embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Azerbaijan refuted the reports on those persons’ links with SEPAH.