Drones from Iran crashed and exploded in Azerbaijan today, triggering an immediate warning that the country 'reserves the right to take retaliatory measures'.
The strikes risk widening the conflict, with one drone hitting near an airport in Nakhchivan and sparking a fire, while another came down beside a school.
The airport lies around six miles from the Iranian border. Four people were injured in the strikes.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev accused Iran of 'terrorism' and threatened retaliation. Tehran denied the allegation and blamed Israel, Azerbaijan's ally, of trying to stage a provocation. Nakhchivan is the capital of a strategically sensitive Azerbaijani exclave, which is detached from the rest of the country and wedged between Iran, Armenia and Turkey.
Azerbaijan has deep security ties with Israel, including big arms purchases and intelligence cooperation, which Tehran sees as an Israeli 'listening post' on Iran's northern border.
The attacks came as Iran trades missile and drone strikes with Israel and the US across the Middle East, raising fears the conflict could spread further across the region.
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