BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 6. As reported earlier, as a result of complex
counterintelligence measures, the State Security Service prevented
terrorist provocations and intelligence gathering planned to be
carried out in Azerbaijan by the Islamic Republic of Iran's special
service, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Trend reports.


Trend reports that in order to create panic among the public and
damage the international reputation of our country, the strategic
object Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan,
one of the leaders of the Mountain Jewish Religious Community, and
the Ashkenazi Synagogue were targeted.


3 explosive devices were brought into the country, but these
explosives were neutralized and prevented from being transferred to
another person.


Citizens of the Islamic Republic of Iran Rustamzada Behnam
Sahibali and Zandkian Yaser Rahim, in advance, established a
criminal connection with Tarkhan Guliyev to bring an explosive
device into the country. On the instructions of Zandkian Yaser
Rahim, a citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1 unknown
container placed near the Shikhov settlement of the Sabail region
was identified. During the inspection of the container, it was
discovered that it contained 7 kg 730 grams of "C-4" explosive,
intended for blowing up objects and concrete structures. During the
operational filming of the State Security Service, it was
determined that Tarkhan Guliyev, along with Nijat Aghayev, came by
car and took the container from where it was placed, and in the
following days they hid the explosive device in the Nasimi district
of Baku.


Later, it was revealed that the container with the explosive
device inside was again brought into the country on the
instructions of Azarundbileh Hosein Savar Saber, a citizen of the
Islamic Republic of Iran who has direct ties to the Islamic
Republic of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. Inside it were 2
remotely controlled "C-4" type explosive devices. Asad Abdullayev,
a citizen of Azerbaijan with whom criminal ties were previously
established, came to the secret storage location and took the
container. Since information about this was received in advance,
the storage location was equipped with secret video surveillance by
the State Security Service to detect this situation. The next day,
it was discovered that Rashad Rustamov and Asad Abdullayev together
took the container from a known secret storage location in the
Baglar massif of the Shikhlar settlement of the Gobustan region and
hid the package near the house where Abdullayev lived. It was
determined that the Iranian citizens who had criminal ties with
Azerbaijani citizens were involved in drug smuggling and had direct
ties with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.


Sheikhzadeh Sajjad Moghadam Sati Sofi Evad, a citizen of the
Islamic Republic of Iran, who had promised 50,000 US dollars to the
person who would place an explosive device under the bridge in the
Sangachal settlement of the Garadagh district of Baku, was looking
for the person who would do the job. At the same time, it was
revealed that S. Sheikhzadeh received special instructions from the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to prepare assassination plans
against people of Jewish origin living in the Republic of
Azerbaijan.


The location of the previous 3 explosive devices was not
determined by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps due to the fact
that the people they trusted had cut off ties with the initiators.
Therefore, the next explosive device was provided at the initiative
of Hafez Tavassoli, a citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran.


Thus, 1 explosive device weighing 1280 grams was identified near
the Shipyard located in the Garadagh district of the capital. The
lethal force of this explosive is 250-300 meters away. Hafez
Tavassoli, identified as the coordinating agent of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps, contacted Khadija Aghayeva and asked her
to keep the box with her for two days. The Azerbaijani citizen, who
received the package from the sent coordinates, left the box in a
secret place in the Masazir settlement in the following days.


Khadija Aghayeva, after observing a person approaching on a
motorcycle and taking the package, informed H. Tavassoli about
this. After Agayeva placed the explosive in a previously agreed
place in the Masazir settlement, Sajjad Sheikhzadeh Moghaddam Sati
Sofli Evad instructed Elvin Ahmadov to take the explosive device
and hide it around the courtyard of his house in the Bilajari
settlement where he lived.