TEHRAN: Iran has asked Turkey’s top diplomat in Tehran to explain remarks by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heavily critical of Iran’s role in Yemen and the region.
In the absence of its ambassador, Turkey’s charge d’affaires has been “invited” to respond to “the Islamic republic’s objection and regret over Erdogan’s inappropriate and unusual comments,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said in a statement.
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