Israel’s ambassador to Baku: They want to kill me

“Iran’s ambassador to Azerbaijan recently threatened me with death. He tweeted that I had crossed a red line and that I would be buried by the people of Iran. You can imagine my thoughts when I heard that author Salman Rushdie was stabbed before a speech [in New York],” the Israeli ambassador said.

Deek recalled that Iran also said at the time that the British author had crossed a red line.

Iran threatened me with death as well. My thoughts on how to respond to Salman Rushdie's stabbing. pic.twitter.com/SGcMBXgKr2

— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) August 16, 2022