Iran Executes Man Over Deadly 2023 Attack on Azerbaijan Embassy

Iran executed Yasin Hosseinzadeh, an Iranian national convicted of murder after he reportedly attacked and killed the head of Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran in 2023. The incident deepened tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan, with Azerbaijan accusing Hosseinzadeh of acting as a terrorist. During the trial, Hosseinzadeh admitted he went to the embassy with an AK-47, stating his wife was hiding there, but was sentenced to death by Iran's supreme court in January.