 A terrorist act was committed to Azerbaijanian lawmaker with strong anti-Iranian views. Azerbaijan State Security Service said on March 29 that it was investigating a terror attack after a lawmaker with strong anti-Iranian views was wounded in a gun attack at his home. Fazil Mustafa, a member of the Azerbaijanian parliament, had been hospitalized after receiving wounds to his shoulder and thigh after being shot with a Kalashnikov assault rifle on Tuesday night, the security agency said in a statement. His life was not at risk, it said, and a criminal investigation has been opened to identify the perpetrator. Azeri news site Hakhin.az quoted Mustafa 57 as saying from hospital that he had been hit by two bullets while driving into his garage. Mustafa was known in parliament as an outspoken critic of Iran, Azerbaijan's southern neighbor, with which Baku has often had stained relations. The State Security Service noted Mustafa's anti-Iranian stance in its statement on the incident. Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran, which has a large population of ethnic Azeris in its northwest, have been strained in recent months after Baku announced plans to open formal diplomatic ties with Israel. In January, Azerbaijan closed its embassy in Tehran after what is called a terrorist attack that killed the embassy's head of security.