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Gunman attacks Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's Tehran; security chief killed

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In a shocking visuals surfaced from Iran's Tehran, a gunman carrying a machine gun opened fire at an employee of the security service of Azerbaijan's embassy. Two others were also reported injured in the incident. Head of the embassy's security service Orkhan Askerov was killed in the attack. Video purportedly from the scene of the attack showed a police post just near the embassy, with one man apparently wounded in an SUV parked outside.