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An organization called Nor-Asala (New ASALA) has sent letters to several embassies of Azerbaijan with a threat to Azerbaijani and Turkish diplomats, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said on Thursday.

The letter was also sent to AzerNews, as well as The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Kommersant, Al Salam and El Pais newspapers.

The six-page letter informs about the establishment of the organization in Lebanon with Iranian support.

Following the handover of Azerbaijani military officer Ramil Safarov, who was serving a life sentence in Hungary for killing an Armenian officer in Budapest in 2004, Armenian terror groups, inspired by Yerevan's provocative and aggressive position, began threatening diplomatic missions and citizens of Azerbaijan abroad.

A document received by the embassy of Azerbaijan in Hungary from ASALA Fighters on September 3 indicates as a target Azerbaijani diplomats, Azerbaijani students studying abroad, businessmen, activists of diaspora organizations, and claims they will be killed.

ASALA, Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia, is a terrorist organization, which operated from 1975 to the early 1990s. ASALA was included in the list of terrorist organizations in the United States in 1980.

ASALA is responsible for the deaths of more than 40 Turkish diplomats abroad.

Recently, ASALA emerged with new threats against Turkey, leveling accusations for alleged unspecified measures over its Syria policy.