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The Prime Minister noted: “We took the opportunity to discuss our bilateral relations and the processes in the region.”
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Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov, who was deported from Georgia on April 5, was detained in Azerbaijan and taken in an unknown direction, his wife said on April 6, following earlier reports that the journalist was free in Baku after interrogation.
“According to the information I just received, my husband, Afghan Sadigov, has been detained by the police, and I do not know exactly where he has been taken. Yesterday, he was deported from Georgia to Azerbaijan on what appears to have been a politically motivated order,” Sadigova wrote on Facebook on April 6.
The journalist was detained late at night on April 4, with authorities saying he had “insulted a police officer on social media.” Tbilisi City Court Judge Tornike Kochkiani delivered the verdict at 4 am on April 5, ordering his deportation from Georgia and a three-year reentry ban. The Interior Ministry attributed the deportation to migration laws that allow for the expulsion of foreign nationals who commit a range of administrative offences, in this case, an alleged “insult of a police officer on social media.”
Sadigov, who had faced arrest and prosecution in Azerbaijan, has lived in Georgia since 2023 and spent over seven months in extradition detention following his arrest by Georgian authorities in August 2024. He was released on bail in April 2025, after the European Court of Human Rights issued an interim ruling barring his extradition to Azerbaijan.
The Interior Ministry argued that Baku’s recent move to terminate the criminal case against Sadigov ended the extradition process, implying that the ECtHR measure barring his extradition was no longer relevant.
Sadigov’s lawyers and ruling party critics have disputed the legality of deportation, fearing the journalist faces “gravest risks” to his life and safety in Azerbaijan.
The deportation came a day before Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s official visit to Georgia. Aliyev is reportedly scheduled to meet Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, among others.
More to follow…
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The mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze, underscored the strategic importance of Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Georgia, describing Azerbaijan as a vital partner at a time of mounting global uncertainty.
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The official Telegram channel of Prince Reza Pahlavi, posting on behalf of Iranians inside Tehran, has sent a message to those in Europe, the U.S., and elsewhere who oppose efforts to destroy the regime there:
“Please don’t speak on our behalf about the months we spent under bombardment.
My family and I were in Tehran throughout this entire war. Personally, I wanted them to raze it all, but I can no longer be in the air where the killers of our children still breathe.
They’re still executing. They’re still bullying. They’re still torturing. And they’ve silenced our voices.
Put away your sentimentality and have some honor.” – @iranpahlavi_ir, Telegram
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من و خانوادهام تمام لحظات این جنگو تهران بودیم و به شخصه دلم میخواد هممون با خاک یکسان کنن ولی دیگه توی هوایی که قناری بچههامون نفس میکشن نیستم
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— OSINT Intuit™ (@UKikaski) Apr 6, 2026
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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev arrived in Georgia on a state visit on April …
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