Iran denies launching drone attack on Azerbaijan

The Iranian armed forces denied launching a drone attack on Azerbaijan, following reports that two drones flying from the direction of Iran fell near the airport in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, the Guardian reported.

“The Islamic republic of Iran … denies its armed forces launched a drone toward the Republic of Azerbaijan,” the general staff of the armed forces said in a statement carried by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Blaming the attack on Israel, it said: “Such actions by the Zionist regime to disrupt relations between Muslim countries through various means are well documented.”