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Turkey opposes foreign intervention in Iran, Erdogan tells Iran’s Pezeshkian
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in a phone call that Turkey is opposed to any foreign intervention in Iran and that it values its neighbor’s peace and stability, the Turkish presidency says.
In a statement, the presidency says the leader discussed the latest developments in Iran, after the worst domestic unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It says Erdogan also said the resolution of problems without further escalation is also to the benefit of Ankara.
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