BAKU, March 6 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan is ⁠evacuating ⁠its diplomats from ⁠Iran for their own safety, Foreign ​Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said on Friday, a day ‌after Baku said four ‌Iranian drones had crossed its border and ⁠injured ⁠four people in the Nakhchivan exclave.

Azerbaijan shut parts of its airspace after a drone attack on an international airport in an exclave of the former Soviet republic that borders Iran. Flights to Nakhchivan International Airport will be redirected to Igdir airport in northwestern Turkey for flight safety,

The U.S. and Israel say they conducted new strikes inside Iran overnight, targeting ballistic missile launchers. Iran claims it struck a U.S. oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf.

Baku said it foiled Iranian-linked terror plots on four key sites, including a major pipeline and Jewish community targets, as tensions with Tehran sharply escalate. View on euronews

Azerbaijan is evacuating its diplomatic staff from Tehran and the Iranian city of Tabriz as part of additional security measures, said the country’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, according to Azerbaijani state news agency AZERTAC.

President Trump said he must have a role in choosing Iran's next leader and called the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "unacceptable."

Azerbaijan says it foiled an IRGC-linked terror plot targeting, among others, the Israeli Embassy in Baku and Jewish sites.