Iran's president supports Turkish counterpart in phone call after failed coup


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  • Tuesday, 19 Jul 2016

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday he had spoken with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan to express his happiness at the return of security to Turkey after a failed military coup.

"In a phone call with the Turkish president, (I said) we are happy that stability and security have returned to Turkey today," Rouhani said on his Twitter account.

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