BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 6. Azerbaijani State Security Service detained citizens, who participated in the terrorist plot of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Trend reports.
Comprehensive counterintelligence measures carried out by Azerbaijan’s State Security Service prevented terrorist provocations and the collection of intelligence information that had been planned in Azerbaijan by the special services body of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRGC).
Azerbaijani citizens detained in the case — Tarkhan Guliyev, Nijat Agayev, Asad Abdullayev, Rashad Rustamov, Khadija Agayeva, Elvin Akhmedov, Narmina Shabanova, and Naib Ismiyev — admitted that they were carrying out assignments from individuals linked to the IRGC. They received explosive devices and carried out instructions related to preparing assassination attempts.
The investigation believes that the organization of these actions was handled by an officer of the IRGC intelligence unit — Colonel Ali Asghar Bordbar Sherami.
Iranian citizens Yaser Rahim Zanki, Beynam Rustamzade Sahibali, Hafiz Tavassoli, and Sheikhzadeh Sajad Mohammad Sati Sofi Evad have been placed on the international wanted list. They are suspected of collecting intelligence and preparing terrorist activities to destabilize the situation in Azerbaijan.
The court has already handed down sentences to four defendants in the case. Tarkhan Guliyev, Nijat Agayev, Asad Abdullayev, and Rashad Rustamov were each sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison.
Narmina Shabanova and Naib Ismiyev are accused of preparing an attempt on the life of a state or public figure. Elvin Akhmedov is charged with illegal handling of weapons and explosives. The court has ordered their pretrial detention.