Cargo transportation by all types of vehicles between Azerbaijan and Iran has resumed.

Azerbaijani soldiers are assisting people fleeing the escalating conflict in Iran at the Astara border crossing, offering water, hot tea and food as evacuees arrive after long and difficult journeys.

Azerbaijani border guards have prevented an attempted incursion into the country by four unidentified armed individuals near the Goytapa border post, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan reported.

A drone attempting to smuggle narcotics from Iran into Azerbaijan has been intercepted and neutralized along the Iran-Azerbaijan border, Azerbaijani border authorities reported.

Azerbaijani authorities have prevented the smuggling of 31 kilograms of narcotics into the country from Iran.

Azerbaijan and Iran have discussed speeding up the construction of a railway terminal and border bridges at their easternmost border point.

Shahin Mustafayev, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister, met with Farzaneh Sadegh, Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development, on the sidelines of the Third UN Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) in Awaza, Turkmenistan.

On March 29, Azerbaijani border guards successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs from Iran into Azerbaijan via drone.

A large amount of narcotics was prevented from being smuggled into the country, says State Border Service of Azerbaijan,News.az reports.