Aslan Khalidi(Isabeyli)Butov Azerbaycan Azerbaijan Babek bez

South Azerbaijan Parliament Initiative Group Chairman Aslan Halidi IRAN'S ROLE IN NARDARAN INCIDENT IN AZARBAIJAN IRAN'S ROLE IN NARDARAN INCIDENT IN AZARBAIJAN AIt is claimed that Iran has played a role in the tension lived in Nardaran village near to Azerbaijani capital Baku DO- One killed and a number of others injured during this mentioned incident that took place in June and July. Tension reached a peak in the village again on September 21 when Haci Cebrail Alizade, one of the leading figures of the village who also was the Chairman of a nongovernmental organization named, the "Baku and Villages Union", was detained without a reason. People of the village staged various different demonstrations after the incident and asked officials to release Alizade and those who are detained. Azerbaijani Olaylar [incidents] newspaper reported on September 27 that religious reactions escalate in relation to the tension. South Azerbaijan Parliament Initiative Group Chairman Aslan Halidi stated that people chanted extreme Islamists slogans during the demonstrations in Nardaran and these slogans affected the people of Azerbaijan adversely. He also held Iranian Intelligence Service responsible for the incidents. Halidi said that, "thousands of Azerbaijani people received training on the ideology of Khomeini, in Tehran and Meshed and these people would pose a serious threat in the future of Azerbaijan." He noted that these people also trained for sabotage and bomb attacks. Halidi claimed that Iran Culture Center played in important role for naming a square of Nardaran as "Imam Huseyin." According to Halidi, the center paid some $250,000 to Islam Party or to regional administration in order to achieve its goal to name the square as "Imam Huseyin." Halidi called on officials to deport Ocag Nejad, the chairman of the Iran Culture Center from the country. According another news report at the Azerbaijani 525th Gazet newspaper, Iran, after the Islamist Revolution, started to widen its intelligence network and to promote Khomeini ideology in Nardaran. Newspaper underlined that after Azerbaijan won its independence, these people started to work in an effort to form an Islamist Party