The Israeli Ambassador, George Deek, on Wednesday shared a photo of him reading a book about the Iranian city of Tabriz, the population of which has a large number of Azeris.
“I’m learning so much about Azerbaijani history and culture in Tabriz in this great book I was recently presented. What are you guys reading these days?” Deek wrote.
The tweet appeared to anger the Iranian Ambassador, Seyed Abbas Mousavi, who responded, “For the information of this adventurous boy: Our beloved Tabriz is known as the land of FIRSTS in Iran's proud history. Apparently, the FIRST Evil Zionist is going to be buried by the zealous people of Tabriz, too. Never cross our red-line, ever!”
Joshua Zarka, Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responded on Thursday to the Iranian Ambassador.
“Iran threatens to kidnap Swedish citizens because of a terrorist put in jail, Iran’s Ambassabor to Azerbaijan threatens ours for reading a book,” he wrote.
“This regime is bringing its country and people, including in Tabriz, to its worst level ever and triggers conflicts with everyone,” added Zarka.
