Baku declared 14 citizens of Iran undesirable persons.

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Azerbaijan accused 14 citizens of Iran, including members of parliament, of inciting hostility and calling for a violent change of power, declared them persona non grata, and banned their entry into the country.

The ban was reported on November 3 by the APA news agency.

According to its data, these are individuals who spoke in the media and social networks with calls against Baku and incited hostility, opposed the sovereignty of Azerbaijan and its security, the established relations between the state and religion in the country, the system of state governance, and also called for a violent change of power.

The list includes political analyst, lecturer at Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran Ehsan Movahhedian; former head of the Caucasus and Anatolia Research Center at Tabriz University Ahmed Fyarshbafiyan; members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran Kamran Ghazanfari, Abulfazl Zohrevandi, Abbas Moghtadai Khorasgani, and Alireza Salimi; former deputy Alireza Beygi, editor-in-chief of the Keyhan newspaper Hossein Shariatmadari; member of the Council for the Determination of the Expediency of Decisions Ayatollah Mohsen Araki; member of the Society of Authors and Teachers of Qom Spiritual Seminary Ayatollah Mohammad Javad Fazel Lankarani; secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution of Iran Abdolhossein Khosroopanah; head of the public relations department of the representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in East Azerbaijan province Hojjat-ol-Islam Gholamreza Kavashi; political expert Darius Safarnezhad; actor Ahmadreza Mousavi.

Earlier, as reported by the "Caucasian Knot", Iranian officials called Azerbaijani girls and women, facing restrictions on wearing hijabs in their country, to continue their education in Iran. In Baku, this statement was interpreted as interference in the internal affairs of the country.

Azerbaijan also reacted negatively to criticism from allied Turkey regarding the restriction on wearing hijabs in schools. Criminal cases were initiated against seven citizens of Turkey. This was reported by a member of the Azerbaijani National Public Committee for Eurointegration Toghrul Juvarly. According to him, criminal cases were initiated against bloggers, religious and public activists accused of public calls for a violent seizure of power, inciting religious hostility, and producing and distributing religiously extremist materials. 31 citizens of Turkey were declared persona non grata in Azerbaijan, including two members of the Turkish parliament. This was done after criticism of the Azerbaijani authorities due to hijab restrictions.

Since October 12, school leaders in Azerbaijan have not allowed teachers and schoolgirls who refused to remove their hijabs to attend classes. Around several schools in Baku, students and teachers held lessons in the street as a sign of protest. On October 13, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the detention of 37 participants in the protests, while activists counted more than 200 detained. Protests due to the exclusion of children and teachers from classes have become a continuation of a long-standing dispute over religious clothing in schools, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report "Protests over school dress code in Azerbaijan".