Saturday, December 22, 2007

IRNA: "Source: Zionists hands at work to mar Tehran-Baku ties"

Some blogs do a lousy job of covering developments in Azerbaijan. What's the latest? Zionist plots!
An informed source said Saturday that invisible hands of the Zionist regime's agents are at work to mar cordial relations between Tehran and Baku.

The source said the Zionist agents, serving in the lower ranks of certain Azeri organs, have targeted close relations between Tehran and Baku, but thanks to vigilance and prudence of senior Iranian and Azeri officials, the Zionists' plots have been foiled.

He said recent hues and cries by certain segments of Azeri media regarding delivery of documents pertinent to a group, "detained" in Baku, are "baseless".

"We do not need to fill the atmosphere of the two sides' media with hues and cries," said the source, adding, "What can make realities clear is producing vivid evidence substantiating the said claims."

Azeri National Security Ministry last week released a statement in which it claimed that a group of 15 Azeri citizens were cooperating with Iranian intelligence agencies.

Iranian officials dismissed the charges, calling for presentation of necessary proof and evidence in that regard.

Following the claims, Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarev dismissed claims that there had been diplomatic tension with Iran in connection with arrest of an Azeri group linked with Iran.

He said reports relating to the subject had been offered to Iranian ambassador to Baku for examination.

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