On November 15, the Musavat Party, the Azerbaijani oppositional party, tried to hold a protest in front of the Iranian Embassy. Police officers did not allow protesters to approach the embassy building.

The action was held as a sign of protest against the prevention of peaceful protests in Iran, the violation of the national and cultural rights of ethnic Azerbaijanis in this country, as well as the recent increase in threats to Azerbaijan by Iran. 

Around 3:00 PM, the police started detaining activists near the Mirza Fatali Akhundov garden. Protesters shouted, "Freedom, justice, national government!", "Down with the mullah regime," and so on.

According to the organizers, about 50 protesters, including Arif Hajili, the head of the Musavat Party, Mustafa Hajibeyli, the press secretary of the party, and others, were detained.

Earlier, on November 14, Caucasus Watch reported that the State Security Service of Azerbaijan (SSS) said that Service continues complex operational-investigative measures to expose the spy network and prevent the intelligence-disruptive activities carried out by the representatives of the special services of the Islamic Republic of Iran against the Republic of Azerbaijan.

On the same day, a phone conversation was held between Jeyhun Bayramov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Huseyn Amir Abdollahian, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Press Office of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported. The ministers discussed current issues of the bilateral agenda, as well as the regional situation. The parties stated that it is necessary to resolve the current situation in the relations between the two countries, concerns about public rhetoric, and other existing problems within the framework of mutual dialogue and understanding. In this regard, it was pointed out that it would be helpful to establish a relationship between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs' press secretaries.