Hossein Zolfaghari, Iranian Deputy Interior Minister, and his Turkish counterpart held a telephone conversation in the last week to share concerns over common borderlines. Hossein Zolfaghari, Iranian Deputy Interior Minister, and his Turkish counterpart held a telephone conversation last week to discuss concerns over security along the share borderlines. It is worth mentioning that talks […]

Turkey and the US have established working groups to discuss the stabilization of Manbij and other Syrian cities east of the Euphrates, Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday. “We have reached a common understanding with the Americans on the issue of the stabilization of Manbij and other cities east of the Euphrates. We have established working […]

Turkey has lost its soft power attractiveness due to its leadership’s increasing absolutism and failed foreign policy priorities The “zero problems with neighbors” concept that unraveled almost at the time of the Arab Spring has given its place to “nothing but problems with every single neighbor”. Key dimensions of Turkish foreign policy, namely relations with […]

Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament received the Chairman of Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Volkan Bozkir, on Monday in Tehran. “The potentials of the two countries is to a degree that if they work together closely, they will overcome the challenges and achieve good results,” said Ali Larijani, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament. […]

Turkish Minister of Customs and Trade Bülent Tüfenkci said that the 3rd border cross between Iran and Turkey will offer round-the-clock services. Turkey is trying to activate three of its border crossings with Iran in 24 hours, he said, adding, “this move is done with the aim of facilitating border transit activities and promoting trade […]

More civilians were killed or injured and material damage was caused to the citizens’ houses and public facilities in Afrin city and its villages in the countryside of Aleppo due to the aggression waged on the area by the forces of the Turkish regime and its mercenaries. SANA’s reporter said on Wednesday that the forces […]

In a phone call with Turkish counterpart, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran is ready to expand bilateral relations in all fields with Turkey, emphasizing that their ties should be promoted to a strategic level. The telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan which took place on Thursday evening, Iranian president appreciated the congratulations […]

TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Monday called on Turkey to end its major offensive in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin, warning the operation would bring back terrorists to the war-torn country. “The continuation of Turkey’s military operation will facilitate the return of instability and terrorism to Syria,” Qassemi said, noting that […]

TEHRAN – If the PYD/PKK terror group does not leave Syria’s Manbij, Turkey will move there and towards east of Euphrates River, Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said Sunday. In remarks made to CNNTurk, Bozdag, who is also a spokesman for the government, said the PYD/PKK terrorists had to leave Manbij, a strategic city west […]

TEHRAN- Increasing 59 percent, Iran’s exports to Turkey hit $7.49 billion in 2017, according to the latest report of Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). Iran’s exports to Turkey was $4.69 billion in 2016, the same report confirmed. Iran-Turkey trade stood at $10.75 billion in 2017, growing 11 percent in comparison with the previous year when the […]