Iran’s Fars news agency said on Thursday that Iranians gathered in front of Azerbaijan’s Consulate in the provincial capital city of Tabriz to denounce Baku’s intensified wave of arrests and the killing of Shias in Nardaran district, north of the Azeri capital.
The protesters, who were marking the demise of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), called on Azerbaijan’s government to stop its anti-Islamic moves and immediately release those arrested in Nardaran over the past days.
The demonstrators also urged the Iranian government and parliament to use “legal and diplomatic” channels to have pressure alleviated on the Shias in Azerbaijan.
