Iran denies responsibility for Azerbaijan drone strike (opens in new tab)

<p>A drone has struck the only airport in Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani exclave bordering Iran. A second fell close to a school in a nearby village, Azerbaijan’s defence ministry said. The strike would be the first Iranian attack on a Caucasus state since the start of the US-Israeli war on the country. Tehran has denied responsibility, but the strike raises prospect of conflict spreading beyond Middle East </p><p></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/azerbaijan-ac...