Azerbaijan arrests group accused of spying for Iran intelligence services | Al Arabiya English

Azerbaijan said it arrested 19 citizens that it accused of being trained and funded by Iran in order to spy for its intelligence services.

The group was sent by Iran to Syria for training and had plans to act against Azerbaijan’s national interests, the state security agency DTX said in a statement on Tuesday.

Banned books and video materials propagating religious extremism were recovered from members of the group, the statement added.

The Iranian embassy in Baku declined comment when reached by phone.