An Azerbaijani citizen has been detained in Cyprus for passing information to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Operativ Media reports, citing The Jerusalem Post, that 44-year-old Rashad Sultanov, a dual British-Azerbaijani citizen, collected intelligence regarding Britain's RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus and transmitted it to the IRGC.

Extradition procedures will be carried out against him.