Ankara urges Iran to avoid further escalation with Israel


Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian, diplomatic sources said on Sunday.

Fidan told top Iranian diplomat that Ankara did not want further escalation of tension in the region after Iran’s drone and missile attack against Israel in response to Israel’s targeting of Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told Fidan that its “retaliatory operation” against Israel had ended, adding that Iran would not launch a new operation unless it was attacked, Turkish diplomatic sources said.

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