JABRAYIL, iNews.id – Sniper photo Iran is aiming for the President Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, viral on social media. There has been no official statement from the two countries regarding this matter.
Twitter account @ 301_AD shared several photos showing Iranian sniper target binoculars pointing to a figure believed to be Aliyev. At that time, Aliyev was accompanied by the vice president of Azerbaijan while visiting the historic Khudaferin bridge in the city of Jabryil near the border with Iran on Tuesday (17/11/2020).
“Aliyev also visited the Khoda Afarin dam where Iranian snipers monitored him through his rifle scope,” the account tweeted.
Aliyev also visited the Khoda Afarin dam where Iranian snipers were watching him through the scope of the rifle. pic.twitter.com/XikBkH7Loy
— 301???????? (@301_AD) November 17, 2020
Until this news was published, there had been no official statement from the Iranian or Azerbaijani military regarding the viral upload.
Warganet responded to the photos with mixed comments. The majority of netizens coming from Armenia regretted that the sniper did not shoot Aliyev on that occasion.
Armenian citizens expect Iranian sniper to kill Aliyev
Aliyev is a common enemy of Armenians following the conflict between the two countries in Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev’s statement after the peace agreement between the two countries angered Armenians.
He said Armenia had no choice but to surrender to Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The relationship between Azerbaijan and Iran is unique, Tehran has repeatedly criticized Baku’s attack on Armenia which strayed into the Iranian border region. In fact, Tehran had issued threats that it would retaliate against any stray attacks on its territory.
On November 10, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to end the fighting that had been going on since 27 September. The agreement decrees that the Armenian population in the occupied territory has until November 15 to leave the area.
During six weeks of fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict region more than 1,000 people have died, including Armenian separatists.
Editor: Arif Budiwinarto
