Iran’s embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, has categorically rejected any links between Iranian security bodies and a cell recently arrested in Azerbaijan

Iran's embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, has categorically rejected any links between Iranian security bodies and a cell recently arrested in Azerbaijan, saying the US and Israel are behind such a scenario, according to Press TV.

Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry revealed last week that it uncovered a cell planning “terrorist attacks”. The ministry claimed that the gang leader was collaborating with the Iranian 'secret services.'

The Jerusalem Post said Tuesday that an alleged Iranian-backed cell is plotting against Israeli and Jewish targets in Azerbaijan. “It had planned to kill Jewish teachers at the Or Avner Jewish School just outside the capital Baku.”

“It is clearly obvious that the recent scenario is aimed at covering up the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists by Israeli-led agents,” said the Iranian embassy in a statement.

It added that enemies of Iran and Azerbaijan hatched such a plot to deal a blow to the Islamic Republic's international image and damage relations between the two neighboring countries.

It noted that close relations between Tehran and Baku will pose a serious danger to the global arrogance and opponents of the two sides' independence and dignity.