Hawzah News Agency- Hujjat al-Islam Seyyed Muhammad Ali Al Hashem, during the religious and political Friday prayer sermons of Tabriz on January 27, which was held in the Grand Mosque of Imam Khomeini (RA) of this city, referred to the armed attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran and said,” Someone entered the Azerbaijani embassy with a weapon and caused the death of a person; We strongly condemn this act and demand the diplomatic and security officials of the country to follow up on the issue. Of course, the armed person was arrested and in his initial confession, he stated that his motive was a personal matter.”

The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan Province continued,” The enemy should not be allowed to disturb the friendly relations of the two countries because of this personal issue.”

Tabriz Friday Prayer Imam further pointed to the continuation of anti-Islamism in Europe and said,” Western leaders, including Swedish statesmen, are using the empty rhetoric of freedom of speech, while in these countries supporting Islam , asking questions about the Holocaust and questioning western values is considered a crime and faces the most severe punishment.”