Tehran strongly rebukes Turkish FM’s ‘astonishing’ Iran-Israel analogy
Iran's Foreign Ministry has rejected Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's comparison of Tehran's regional policy with Israel's actions, calling the analogy "astonishing" and urging Ankara not to repeat narratives that could serve the Israeli regime's interests.
Speaking at a weekly press conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei responded to remarks by Fidan, who said: "Iran has claimed for a long time that it was a pre-emptive security policy by having proxies in these countries, just like the Israelis are occupying the rest of the region as part of security."
"It is astonishing that someone like Mr. Fidan would make such an incorrect comparison," Baghaei said in Tehran Monday. "He himself knows that the Zionist regime is inherently expansionist and seeks to undermine the entire region, including Turkey. We wonder how he arrived at such a strange comparison."
Rejecting Fidan's characterization of Iran's regional role, Baghaei added: "Iran has no proxies in the region. The only proxy in the region is the Zionist regime."
He urged Turkish officials to ensure their assessments reflect realities on the ground.
"We ask our Turkish friends to align their analyses with the existing realities and refrain from repeating analyses that could be exploited by the Zionist regime in pursuit of its expansionist and criminal policies."
The exchange follows Fidan's comments, in which he acknowledged the criminality of the US-Israeli war against Iran and Israel's military actions across the region, while claiming that Iran's strikes against US and Israeli assets were also unacceptable.
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