Turkey is home to around 67,000 Iranians, with 39,000 claiming refugee status. (Shutterstock) April 20, 2021 Many Iranian dissidents no longer view Turkey as a safe haven after an increasing number of arrests and deportations in recent months. Turkey is home to around 67,000 Iranians, with 39,000 claiming refugee status. Millions pass between the [...]
PKK fighters stand in formation. (AFP) April 20, 2021 Turkish warplanes staged airstrikes on Monday against the northern mountainous terrain of Duhok province in Iraqi Kurdistan. Targets hit by the raid are believed to be held by members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). No human casualties were reported, but a security source [...]
A view shows the logo of Halkbank at its headquarters in Atasehir, in the Asian part of Istanbul December 17, 2013. (Reuters) April 13, 2021 A lawyer for Halkbank told a U.S. appeals court on Monday that the state-owned Turkish lender was immune from U.S. prosecution and that an indictment accusing it of [...]
Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif at a press conference in Tehran, Dec 22, 2017. (AP) March 19, 2021 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met Turkish officials in Istanbul on Friday as the two regional powers tried to move past tensions sparked by the deaths of Turkish captives in Iraq. Zarif and his [...]
Iran’s ambassador to Iraq Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi. (Tasnim) March 17, 2021 The regional hegemonic powers clearly set out to attack Iraq’s sovereignty and national dignity. The zero-sum game between Iran and Turkey over influence in Iraq is no longer so surprising. But it raises serious questions about the Arab position on what [...]
People in Tehran check their mobile phones on Dec. 21, 2017. (AFP) March 10, 2021 Turkey has handed over to Iran a popular Iranian social media figure, Milad Hatami, accused by Tehran of money-laundering and fraud in connection with online gambling, a senior Iranian police official said on Tuesday. "He has been extradited [...]
Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are finalizing details of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) freight train. (Supplied) March 6, 2021 Turkey, Iran and Pakistan are finalizing details of the Istanbul-Tehran-Islamabad (ITI) freight train that is soon to resume its operations after nine years to boost regional connectivity and increase trade among the three countries, officials told [...]
Presidents Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and Vladimir Putin of Russia pose before their meeting in Ankara, Turkey April 4, 2018. (Reuters) March 4, 2021 Russia and Turkey said they wanted the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to be “saved”, urging the United States to lift sanctions on Tehran. Turkish President [...]
Turkey provides a good market for sex workers from neighboring Iran. (IranWire) By Payam Masouri March 4, 2021 Iranian sex workers are often destined for Turkey. Many of them travel to Turkey during the spring and summer for seasonal work, but turn to sex work instead, or in addition to this work. This has [...]
Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters stand in formation, undated. (Getty) March 1, 2021 A diplomatic row erupted between Turkey and Iran after the Iranian ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi, had made controversial statements on his country’s opposition to Turkish military intervention in Iraq. Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoned Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Farazmand on February 28 [...]
