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        "id": 1592335,
        "msgid": "iran-denies-launching-drone-strike-on-azerbaijan-1772780514",
        "date": "2026-03-06 13:26:40",
        "title": "Iran denies launching drone strike on Azerbaijan",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Iran denies launching a drone strike into Azerbaijan and suggests Israel may be behind the attack; Azerbaijan condemns the incident and says it struck the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic from Iranian territory, with casualties and damage reported. The episode heightens regional tensions amid broader cross-border hostilities involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.",
        "content": "<p>Tehran (ANTARA) - Iran on Thursday (5 March) rejected allegations by\nits neighbour Azerbaijan that it had launched a drone strike into\nAzerbaijani territory. Iran also hinted that Israel may be behind the\nattack. Iran\u2019s official news agency IRNA reported that the General Staff\nof the Iranian Armed Forces stated that Iranian forces did not launch\nany drones into Azerbaijan. It stressed that Iran respects the\nsovereignty of all states, particularly neighbouring and Muslim\ncountries. The report added that Israel has a history of conducting such\noperations to sow discord among Muslim countries. The report also\nasserted that investigations indicated the attack was carried out by\nIsrael to entrap Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on the same Thursday, Azerbaijan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign\nAffairs accused Iran of launching a drone strike into the Nakhchivan\nAutonomous Republic from Iranian territory. Azerbaijan\u2019s MFA said the\nattack, which occurred around local noon, struck the terminal building\nof Nakhchivan International Airport, wounded two civilians, and caused\nstructural damage. Another drone was reported to have fallen near a\nschool in the village of Shakarabad. Azerbaijan condemned the attack as\na \u201cviolation of norms and principles of international law\u201d, and warned\nthat such action could heighten regional tensions. The ministry also\nsummoned the Iranian envoy in Baku to lodge a \u201cstrong protest\u201d over the\nincident. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan\u2019s Ministry of Defence said it was\n\u201cpreparing the necessary retaliatory steps\u201d, adding that the attack\nwould not be left unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes as regional tensions rise following joint attacks\nlaunched since Saturday (28 February) by Israel and the United States\nagainst Tehran and other cities in Iran. Iran responded with a wave of\nmissile and drone strikes targeting Israeli and US assets in the Middle\nEast.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/iran-denies-launching-drone-strike-on-azerbaijan-1772780514",
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