Top official says govt working on release of Azerbaijani scholar detained in Iran
The relevant state entities continue working on the release of
research fellow of the Institute of Literature of the Azerbaijani
National Academy of Sciences, Khalida Khalid, head of the
Azerbaijani Presidential Administration's Social and Political
Department Ali Hasanov told media on May 13.
"The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry expressed its position in this
regard, and is engaged in this issue," he said.
Research Fellow of the Nizami Ganjavi Institute of Literature,
Orientalist Khalida Khalid and her assistant Shamhal Huseynov were
arrested in Tabriz on April 30 by the employees of the Iranian
Ministry of Information Security and Intelligence, the Iranian
media reported earlier.
The Azerbaijani Consulate General in Tabriz immediately sent a note
to the Iranian Foreign Ministry in connection with the detention of
Azerbaijani citizens in Iran.
In the note submitted to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the
Azerbaijani Consulate General demanded to immediately clarify the
details of detaining Azerbaijani citizens and give the information
on their location.
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