Diplomatic tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan are increasing.
Another reason for the escalation was the decision of the Azerbaijani authorities to declare 14 Iranian citizens as persona non grata and ban them from entering the country. The published list included religious figures, members of the Iranian parliament, political scientists and media representatives, including the editor-in-chief of the "Kayhan" newspaper Hossein Shariatmadari and the political scientist Ahsan Mobhadian.
Here is a list of these people:
1. Ehsan Movakhhedian - political analyst, expert, teacher at Alma Tabatbai University in Tehran.
2. Ahmed Parshabpian is the former head of the Center for Caucasus and Anatolia Studies at the University of Tabriz.
3. Kamran Ghazanfari - Deputy Majlis of the Islamic Council of Iran.
4. Alireza Baigi - former deputy of the Majles of the Islamic Council of Iran, political commentator.
5. Abolfazal Zoharvand - Deputy of the Majles of the Islamic Council of Iran.
6. Abbas Moghtadai Haresgani - Deputy of the Majles of the Islamic Council of Iran.
7. Alireza Salimi - Deputy of the Majles of the Islamic Council of Iran.
8. Hussain Shariatmadari is the editor-in-chief of a newspaper.
9. Ayatollah Mohsen Araki - member of the Council of Experts that elects the supreme leader of Iran, member of the Council for determining the adequacy of the decisions made.
10. Ayatollah Muhammad Javad Fazl Lankaran - member of the Association of Authors and Teachers of the Qom Theological Seminary, head of the Amy-Ether Center for Islamic Law in the city of Qom.
11. Abdulhossein Khosrowana - Secretary of the Supreme Council for the Cultural Revolution of Iran.
12. Hojat-ol-Islam Golamreza Kawashi - head of the public relations department in the office of Imam Friday of Tabriz, head of the public relations department of the representation of the supreme leader of Iran in the East Azerbaijan province.
13. Dariush Safranjad - professor, political expert.
14. Ahmadreza Mousavi - actor and TV presenter.