Iran-Turkey Relations

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, for discussions with the country’s senior officials on issues of bilateral and regional significance.

Turkey's Military Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar is in Tehran for talks with Iran's top military and political officials, expected to tackle border security and counter-terrorism along with regional issues.

Head of Iran’s Drug Enforcement Police has called for further expansion of cooperation between Iran and the European countries in fight against drug smugglers.

Foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq, and Turkey in a joint statement have urged the Iraqi Kurdistan region to either call off its independence referendum or expect counter-measures by its neighbours.

Delegations of Iran, Russia, and Turkey to the Astana Talks on Syria held a trilateral meeting on Friday in the Kazakh capital.

The top officers of Iran and Turkey in a phone call highlighted the negative consequences of a planned referendum on the independence of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari, who is Iran’s top negotiator in Astana Process, has held talks with Russian, Turkish, and Syrian diplomats on ways to end the war-torn state’s crisis.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have called for closer cooperation between Tehran and Ankara.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has conferred with his Turkish, Malaysian, and Indonesian counterparts on the desperate plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed the latest developments in the Middle East and called for promotion of mutual cooperation, particularly on regional affairs.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has categorically dismissed the Turkish president's claims about plans for Iran-Turkey joint operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants outside the Iranian borders.

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad-Hossein Baqeri has held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Turkey, the first-ever foreign trip of such Iranian official.

Major General Mohammad-Hossein Baqeri, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, has arrived in the Turkish capital at the head of a high-ranking military and political delegation.

Major General Mohammad-Hossein Baqeri is going to visit the Turkish capital on a three-day visit in the first-ever foreign trip of the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.

Turkish ambassador to Tehran says Tehran and Ankara, two of the three guarantor states of Astana Process, were upset by not being involved in a Moscow-Washington deal on de-escalation zones in Syria.

Officials from Iran, Turkey and Qatar discussed the creation of a joint trade route on the sidelines of President Hassan Rouhani’s swearing-in ceremony in Tehran.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari has held talks with Turkish Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary Ümit Yalçın in Ankara on Thursday.

Iran's Foriegn Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu have held a meeting in the Turkish city of Istanbul ahead of an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Al-Quds developments.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will depart Tehran for Istanbul, Turkey, on Tuesday to take part in an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the latest developments of Al-Quds.

Iran’s ICT Minister and Chairman of Iran's joint economic commission with Turkey says Tehran and Ankara have the potential to increase the value of their bilateral trade to $50 billion per year.

Turkish ambassador to Tehran says despite growing protests by regional states, his country is set to press ahead with its project to build a dam on Tigris-Euphrates River.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari, who heads the Iranian delegation to Astana Talks on Syria, has met with the heads of Russian and Turkish delegations.

Iranian calligrapher Javad Khuran received the special jury prize of $50,000, and Habib Ramezanpur won the $20,000 cash award in the Nasta’liq section, at the third Hilya International Calligraphy Award in Istanbul.

Iranians have organized a popular campaign to take Turkey to The Hague over its violation of environmental regulations which have already led to the desiccation of Hoor al-Azim Wetland in western Iran.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has ruled out what is called a regional JCPOA between Iran and the Mideast countries to resolve the current woes.