Azerbaijan Arrests Terror Suspects as Israeli Media Say Israel’s Embassy Was Target

Jerusalem, 28 January, 2026 (TPS-IL) -- Baku (AZERTAC) – Persons preparing to commit a terrorist attack against the embassy of a foreign country in Azerbaijan have been arrested, the State Security Service (SSS) told AZERTAC.

During the operational-investigative measures carried out by the State Security Service (SSS), reasonable suspicions arose that three Azerbaijani nationals — Guliyev Ilgar Ilham oglu, born in 2000, nicknamed “Abu Zar al-Muhajir;” Piriyev Amin Elshad oglu, born in 2005, nicknamed “Abdurashid;” and Alizade Elvin Sanan oglu, born in 2005, nicknamed “Abdurrahman al-Azeri” — were preparing attack a foreign embassy in Baku on the grounds of religious hostility.

Azerbaijani authorities did not identify the embassy targeted, though Israeli media reported it was Israel’s mission.

The aforementioned individuals entered into criminal relations with members of the Islamic State terror organization’s “Vilayati-Khorasan” armed group, and as a group of conspiring individuals, obtained items used as weapons to carry out the attack. The suspects were detained by the SSS while approaching the area of the embassy.

In connection with the fact, Ilgar Guliyev, Amin Piriyev and Elvin Alizadeh were brought to criminal responsibility under Articles 28, 214.2.1, 28, 214.2.3 and 28, 214.2.6 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (preparation for terrorism on the basis of religious hostility by a conspiring group of individuals, using objects used as weapons), and a preventive measure of arrest was chosen for them by a court decision.

Investigative and operational measures on the criminal case are continuing.