"I am deeply shocked by the death of staff members of the Russian embassy in Iraq," Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Tuesday in a telegram sent to Russain President Vladimir Putin, Itar-Tass reports.

"I condemn in the strongest terms the reprisal upon employees of the diplomatic mission and present condolences on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and myself to you, families of the deceased and the entire people of Russia," the telegram runs.