Azerbaijan protested to Iran, Iranian Ambassador to the Republic Seyyed Abbas Mousavi was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, where he was handed a note of protest. The reason was the flight of an Iranian military aircraft near the Azerbaijani border..
The Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan sent a protest to official Tehran in connection with the flight of an Iranian military aircraft in the area of the Azerbaijani-Iranian border from the direction of the Zangilan region, which to 2021 years was controlled by the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, towards Bilasuvar region. At the same time, the Iranians did not explain the flights of their aircraft in any way and did not warn Baku about them in advance..
11 March, a military aircraft belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran with 09:44 to 10:26 continuously performed flights along the Azerbaijani-Iranian state border. (…) The plane flew into 3-5 km from the state border between the two countries, and in some cases even over the state border. Such an approximation (…) pose a threat to the security of civil aviation and serve to further aggravate bilateral relations- Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry says in a statement.
Baku called on Tehran to explain its actions and not to take them again, there was no official statement from Iran.
It is worth noting, that recently relations between Iran and Azerbaijan have cooled significantly, Tehran tends to cooperate with Armenia, Baku is friends with Turkey. In addition, Israel provided assistance to Azerbaijan in the last Karabakh war., as intelligence, and the supply of military equipment, what Iran doesn't like. used photos:https://mod.gov.az/ru