NCRI – Azerbaijan’s consulate in the Iranian city of Tabriz has handed a note of protest to the Iranian officials on May 2 on the arrest of two Azerbaijan’s citizens.
Iranian regime authorities had confirmed on May 2 that Azerbaijani scientist Halida Halid and her assistant had been arrested in Tabriz on April 30.
Last year, two Azerbaijani citizens were arrested in Tabriz and held in custody for several months for allegedly promoting separatism in the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan arrested 22 people last year and accused them of spying for Iranian regime.
Source: Azerbaijan based news agencies