Baku is providing humanitarian support to Iran and evacuating foreign citizens from the country amid the escalating situation in the region. On the instructions of the President of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) vehicles sent 10 tons of flour, 6 tons of rice, 2.4 tons of sugar, over 4 tons of water, approximately 600 kg of tea, and approximately 2 tons of medicine to Iran.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory telegram to Mojtaba Khamenei on his election as Supreme Leader of Iran. In the message, he expressed hope for the further development of Armenian-Iranian relations.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Pere Juan Ponzo Sampietro, who arrived in Tbilisi with a delegation, held his first meeting with the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, which he later described as "very good and sincere." He noted that the conversation lasted over an hour. The two sides discussed, among other things, the report on the 2024 parliamentary elections.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held a telephone conversation with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on March 8.

French President Emmanuel Macron called his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and expressed solidarity and support for Azerbaijan in the wake of Iran's air strike on his territory. This was reported today by the Azerbaijani presidential press service.

The Iranian military command issued an ultimatum to Baku demanding an immediate end to military-technical cooperation with Israel. Tehran insists on severing ties with the Israeli military, intelligence agencies, and their assets in Azerbaijan.

The US State Department issued a statement condemning the drone attack allegedly carried out on March 5 from Iran on Azerbaijan. The strike damaged the Nakhchivan International Airport and a school. Civilians were also injured.

Due to the military escalation in the Middle East and the subsequent closure of airspace, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan initiated an emergency evacuation of its citizens from the Persian Gulf states. According to preliminary data, approximately 1,000 Azerbaijanis residing in the UAE (490 people), Saudi Arabia (220), Qatar (200), Bahrain (23), and Kuwait (26) have requested evacuation assistance. Furthermore, approximately 300 Azerbaijani citizens have returned to their homeland by land via Iran.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied reports of a strike on Azerbaijan, calling it "an enemy plot seeking to undermine brotherly relations." In a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he emphasized that Iran seeks territorial integrity and peace, not attacks on its neighbors.

Azerbaijan's State Security Service (SSS) has accused Iranian intelligence agencies, specifically the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), of plotting a series of terrorist attacks in the country. According to Minval, the SSS announced the arrest of several suspects, from whom explosive devices were seized.