Special operation in Azerbaijani: the State Security Service took out a Talysh historian from Yekaterinburg

About being in A citizen of Russia, a Talysh historian, Zahireddin Ibrahimov, is reported in Baku today, May 26, by Azerbaijani media.

In recent days, Armenian media have been spreading information that a Russian citizen was detained as a result of investigative measures by the State Security Service of Azerbaijan and brought to Baku.

The Azerbaijani edition of Report writes that "Ibrahimov, represented as the chairman of the Committee for the Protection of the Rights of Ethnic Minorities in Azerbaijan, lived in Yekaterinburg and for many years participated in propaganda events organized in the Armenian capital, making anti-Azerbaijani statements." According to the publication, Ibrahimov also "carried out the instructions of the Armenian structures aimed at inciting separatism in Azerbaijan."

Syayara Aliyeva's lawyer confirmed that her client was indeed placed in the detention center of the State Security Service. According to her, during the interrogation, Ibrahimov admitted having ties with Armenia and testified on a number of other issues.

"The details of the special operation to deliver Russian citizen Zahireddin Ibrahimov to Azerbaijan have not yet been disclosed. However, it is known that he is being held in the detention center of the State Security Service along with Ruben Vardanyan and Arayik Harutyunyan and will be held accountable for crimes directed against the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan," the statement said.

According to the Report, "in the year of the constitution and sovereignty announced in Azerbaijan in 2025, the detention and delivery of Ibrahimov to the country is a clear signal to anyone who dares to conduct activities that undermine the constitutional order and territorial sovereignty of the state."

The fact that Ibragimov, who lived in Yekaterinburg, disappeared, became known back in March. Then the edition Ura.ru It was written that the Talysh historian and activist Zahiraddin Ibragimov disappeared on March 26, and a few days later he was found in custody in Azerbaijan because of charges of treason.

"His relatives from the Laran district in southern Azerbaijan received a letter from the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, in which Ibrahimov was charged with several charges, including treason," the OC Media edition specified.

State lawyer Sayyara Aliyeva, who was appointed to defend Ibrahimov, said that he had been wanted for a long time along with other Talysh activists.

Zahiraddin Ibragimov received Russian citizenship in 2002. During this time he founded several Talysh organizations in Sverdlovsk Region, such as the Talysh Cultural Center and the Talysh Regional National Cultural Autonomy of the Sverdlovsk Region.

The Talysh are a people in Western Asia living in the north-west of Iran and the south-east of Azerbaijan. The total number of Talysh all over the world is up to 1.5 million people. It is the largest national minority in Azerbaijan, according to various sources, 400 to 600 thousand Talysh live in the country.