TEHRAN– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Dec. 17 said Turkey wants to open an embassy in East ai-Quds (Jerusalem), following a decision by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to recognize East al-Quds the capital of the Palestinian state. “We have already declared East Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian state but we […]

Hossein Zolfaghari, Iranian Deputy Interior Minister, said Iran and Turkey were cooperating seriously in security and counter-terrorism fields. The official made the remarks asserting that there exists a serious vision on both countries’ parts for expansion of cooperation and implementation of bilateral agreements in various areas. He added that during recent visit of the Turkish […]

TEHRAN  – High-ranking officials from Iran and Turkey signed a roadmap for the development of cooperation between the two neighboring countries in various security fields, including efforts to boost border control and counter money laundering. The roadmap was signed at the end of the second session of the joint working group of interior ministry officials […]

TEHRAN – Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) and the Turkey’s ÇUTAŞ Co. signed a Memorandum of Understanding on environmental issues and urban waste management. Fardad Daliri, Deputy head of IDRO Group for the development of advanced industries and energy megaprojects, attended the signing ceremony for the said Memorandum of Understanding on waste […]

TEHRAN – Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin on Tuesday called on the United States administration to refrain from recognizing Jerusalem (al-Quds) as the capital of Israel. Kalin on his Twitter account said: “The news that the US administration will recognize Jerusalem (al-Quds) as Israel’s capital is extremely worrying. This is completely against Jerusalem’s (al-Quds) religious […]

Paris has suggested that Ankara, Cairo, Riyadh and Tehran join the Contact Group on Syria in the future, French Ambassador to Russia Sylvie Bermann told on Monday, adding that the five permanent member states of the UN Security Council did not see eye to eye on this matter. She said that later the permanent members […]

TEHRAN – Iranian oil ministry invited Turkish private sector to participate in the country’s energy projects with an estimated investment of $100 billion, Daily Sabah reported on Sunday quoting an Iranian oil official. Speaking at an international conference on Iranian energy in Istanbul, Amir Talebian, the adviser to Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, invited […]

TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the United States of trying to punish and compromise Ankara over its refusal to act the way Washington wants it to. “They [the United States] are trying to punish, condemn and compromise us because we do not stick to their scripts, which are obvious and are […]

Following negotiations initiated by Iranian foreign ministry, embassy to Ankara, and justice ministry four Iranian convicts were returned to Iran. Four Iranian nationals trialed, sentenced and sent to jail in Turkey were extradited back to their home country. The four prisoners are supposed to serve the remainder of their sentence in local jails. Also the […]

TEHRAN- Iran and Turkey aim to increase the value of trade in technical and engineering services sector to $10 billion per annum. Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari and Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci signed a memorandum of understanding to boost bilateral technical and engineering services transactions to $10 billion. The MOU was […]