{"id":19203,"date":"2026-03-05T19:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19203"},"modified":"2026-03-05T19:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:51:26","slug":"azerbaijan-reserves-the-right-to-respond-to-iran-ahmad-shahidov-speaks-to-sky-news-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19203","title":{"rendered":"Azerbaijan reserves the right to respond to Iran \u2013 Ahmad Shahidov speaks to Sky News Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uVyI_ruDSAs?si=ID7716AxJ3kM3qbz\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nOn March 5, 2026, a drone attack was carried out by Iran against Azerbaijan\u2019s Nakhchivan region. According to reports, one of the kamikaze drones struck the area of the airport in the city of Nakhchivan, while another drone exploded near a secondary school in a residential area. The incident caused damage to civilian infrastructure and several people were reportedly injured. The attack has sparked strong anger and concern across Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky News Arabia, political analyst Ahmad Shahidov said that Azerbaijan has the capability to repel any attacks against its territory. According to him, the drone strike on Nakhchivan is a clear violation of international law and targeting civilian facilities should be considered an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Shahidov also noted that Azerbaijan has already delivered an official diplomatic protest note to Iran and that the country\u2019s armed forces have been placed on the highest level of mobilization readiness. He emphasized that if such attacks are repeated, Azerbaijan reserves the right to respond in order to protect its citizens and territorial integrity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19204\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19205\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026b.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 5, 2026, a drone attack was carried out by Iran against Azerbaijan\u2019s Nakhchivan region. According to reports, one of the kamikaze drones struck the area of the airport&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,220,244],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-slider","category-speeches-in-the-world-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/skynews_arabia_05.03.2026.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19206,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19203\/revisions\/19206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}