Iran denies firing missile toward Turkey

Iran’s Armed Forces respects the sovereignty of Turkey and denies firing any missile toward its territory, it says in a statement carried by state media.

Turkey’s defense ministry said yesterday that a ballistic missile fired from Iran toward Turkish airspace after passing Syria and Iraq was destroyed by NATO air and missile defense systems over the eastern Mediterranean.

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