Turkish security officers stand outside the Iranian embassy in Ankara. (AFP) December 14, 2020 Turkey has detained 11 people involved in the abduction and smuggling to Iran of an Iranian dissident wanted by Tehran in connection with a deadly 2018 attack in southwestern Iran, Turkish authorities said on Monday. Habib Chaab, an Iranian [...]
Undated photo of former ASMLA leader Habib Chaab. (Twitter) December 14, 2020 Iran drugged opposition leader Habib Chaab in Istanbul where he was then smuggled back to Iran, the American Washington Post newspaper quoted a Turkish intelligence official as saying. Chaab, a well-known activist also called Habib Asyud, is the leader of an [...]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AP) December 12, 2020 Turkey on Saturday summoned the Iranian ambassador to Ankara over Iran’s “aggressive” reaction to the Turkish president’s recitation of a poem on a visit to Azerbaijan, which Tehran deemed to support a secession of Azeri ethnic parts of Iran. The diplomatic spat between neighbors [...]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP) December 11, 2020 Iran on Friday summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Tehran over the Turkish president’s remarks during a visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, which Iran deemed offensive and said support a secession of Azeri ethnic parts of Iran. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Turkish Ambassador Derya [...]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for their meeting in Tehran, Jan. 29, 2014. (AP) November 27, 2020 US President Donald Trump’s sanctions and the coronavirus have dramatically shifted a commercial relationship between Turkey and Iran that was underpinned by visa-free travel and centuries of trade and cultural ties. [...]
Somayeh Ramooz was trying to flee Iran for a safer country when she was apprehended by Turkish police. (IranWire) By Payam Masouri November 19, 2020 Civil activist Somayeh Ramooz has been arrested in Turkey while trying to leave for a safer country, according to reports received by IranWire. The 37-year-old from Bushehr province was detained [...]
Masoud Molavi Vardanjani, had been killed for criticizing Tehran’s political and military leadership. (Supplied) November 12, 2020 UN rapporteurs implicitly accused Turkey of allowing Iranian intelligence to perpetrate or orchestrate extrajudicial killings on Turkish soil and of allowing an Iranian who reportedly played a key role in the assassination of Masoud Molavi Vardanjani [...]
Iranian actress Reyhaneh Parsa, undated. (Supplied) November 10, 2020 In an exclusive interview with Radio Farda, a young Iranian actress revealed that Iranian intelligence agents have threatened her with possible arrest and extradition 22-year-old Reyhaneh Parsa, a rising star in Iranian cinema, theater, and television in the past two years, left her homeland [...]
Men walk at the Galata bridge with two Turkey flags, in Istanbul, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. (AP) By Shaya Goldoust November 7, 2020 "I have been a refugee in a Turkish city for several years. My mental and physical health is not good, but I have to work for a living. I work [...]
Iran and Turkey are wary is that Turkey tried desperately to lobby the Trump administration. (AP) By Seth J. Frantzman November 7, 2020 Iranian and Turkish media are taking a “wait and see” approach to the US election. The usual shrill voices have been quiet for a few days, wondering like the rest of the [...]
