Turkey demands explanation from Iran over recent remarks

Turkey has demanded an explanation from Iran for its threatening remarks by Iranian officials but Iran says statements represent only personal views of officials and that they are not Iran's official position, Today's Zaman reported.

Diplomatic sources said Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu demanded an explanation from his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi, for a threatening statement by an Iranian lawmaker, state-run Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.

"It is Iran's natural right to target the missile defense shield system in Turkey in case of an attack, and we will definitely resort to that," Hussein Ibrahim, the vice president of the Iranian parliamentary national security and foreign policy panel, reportedly said in an interview with the Iranian daily Shargh on Sunday.


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