Baku: Six men are in custody in Azerbaijan after the Caspian country claims they were involved with the Iranian secret services and planning a coup.
Six Azerbaijani citizens, according to Baku, were "hired by Iranian secret services to destabilise the situation in the country." The Interior Ministry, State Security Service, and Prosecutor-Office General's jointly made the announcement of the arrests.
The plan, according to the report, was to "set up a'resistance squad' aimed at establishing a Shariah state in Azerbaijan through armed unrest and violent overthrow of Azerbaijan's constitutional order."
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They were accused of "engaging in pro-Iranian propaganda of religious radicalism, carrying out directives from abroad to undermine Azerbaijan's tradition of tolerance," according to the accusation.
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Azerbaijan claims that they used the proceeds from drug sales to fund the promotion of radicalism.
Days after a shooter stormed the mission, killing one guard and injuring two more, Azerbaijan suspended the operation of its embassy in Iran in January.
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According to Baku, the attack was the work of the secret services in Tehran.