Iran says executed man convicted of 2023 Azerbaijan embassy attack

Iran said Wednesday it executed a man convicted of a deadly 2023 attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran which sparked a sharp downturn in relations between the neighbouring countries.

"The law of retribution was implemented this morning against the attacker of the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran," the judiciary said. The execution comes after President Masoud Pezeshkian made a rare visit to Baku late last month in a sign of improving relations.