TEHRAN - Iran and Azerbaijan are taking steps to soothe bilateral tensions most recently stoked by Baku’s ties to Israel and its reported purchase of hundreds of millions of dollars of weapons from the Jewish state. Public assurances of good neighbourly relations were being made in Tehran during a visit by Azerbaijan Defence Minister Safar Abiyev that continued into its second day on Tuesday. “We are sure that we will face no problem from our brother and neighbour Azerbaijan,” Iranian President Ahmadinejad was quoted by the official Islamic Republic News Agency as saying on Monday.