The election of Iran’s next supreme leader could provide an opportunity to end the ongoing regional war involving Israel, the U.S. and Iran, Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said.
Iran’s Assembly of Experts is currently selecting a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike on the first day of the conflict.
In remarks to state media, Fidan said a negotiated compromise between the warring parties would be preferable to a prolonged and destructive regional war.
He expressed hope that Iran’s next supreme leader would demonstrate what he called the “political will” needed to help bring the conflict to an end. The fighting entered its fifth day on Wednesday.
Fidan also criticised Tehran’s strategy of striking targets in Arab Gulf states that host U.S. military facilities, including Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
He described the approach as a “wrong strategy” that risked destabilising the wider region, accusing Tehran of attacking targets in those countries “without distinction.”
“Iran is pursuing a strategy of ‘If I go down, I will take the region with me,’ and is targeting energy infrastructure in other countries, particularly critical facilities,” Fidan said.
Tehran, for its part, says its forces are using precision weapons to carry out surgical strikes on U.S. and Israeli military and intelligence assets in the Gulf states.
In separate remarks, Fidan said Türkiye - a NATO member that also hosts U.S. military facilities - had both the “will and the capability” to defend itself amid the rapidly escalating crisis.
On Wednesday, Fidan spoke by phone with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi to protest the reported entry of an Iranian ballistic missile into Turkish airspace.
During the call, Fidan told his Iranian counterpart that any action that could further widen the conflict must be avoided, according to a diplomatic source cited by Reuters.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the United States is making gains in its conflict with Iran after a key Iranian naval target was destroyed, confirming that the strike was carried out by a U.S. submarine off the coast of Sri Lanka. Rescue efforts are now under way for the ship’s crew.
The U.S. Department of Defense has released a video of a submarine strike on an Iranian warship off the southern Sri Lankan coast. At least 80 people died in the U.S. attack on the vessel, Sri Lanka's Deputy Foreign Minister said.
Tehran residents walk past the ruins of buildings destroyed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. Meanwhile, groups of people gather on the streets of the Iranian capital holding flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that Ankara is ready to help reinforce the ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as clashes between the two neighbours continue for a sixth consecutive day.
U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has enough stockpiled weapons to fight wars "forever"; in a social media post late on Monday. The remarks came hours before conflict in Iran and the Middle East entered its fourth day.
U.S. first lady, Melania Trump chaired a UN Security Council meeting on children and education in conflict on Monday (2 March), a move criticised by Iran as hypocritical following U.S. and Israeli strikes that triggered a UN warning about risks to children.
A torpedo from a U.S. submarine has sunk an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth told reporters. The Sri Lankan navy carried out a rescue operation for dozens of sailors in the wake of the strike.
The U.S. embassy in Riyadh was hit by two drones resulting in a limited fire and some material damage, the kingdom's defence ministry said in a post on X on Tuesday, citing an initial assessment.
The U.S.-Iran crisis has entered its third day, with further strikes reported across the Middle East and the death toll rising. Oil prices have surged to levels last seen during the Covid-19 pandemic, raising fears of economic disruption and higher prices worldwide.
The U.S. Department of Defense has released a video of a submarine strike on an Iranian warship off the southern Sri Lankan coast. At least 80 people died in the U.S. attack on the vessel, Sri Lanka's Deputy Foreign Minister said.
Rising tensions in the Middle East are beginning to affect Kazakhstan’s economy and citizens, disrupting grain trade across the Caspian Sea and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of Kazakh nationals from several countries in the region.
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev highlighted the country’s expanding gas exports to Europe and its renewable energy ambitions during the Southern Gas Corridor Advisory Council’s 12th Ministerial Meeting and the Green Energy Advisory Council’s 4th Ministerial Meeting in Baku on Tuesday (3 March).
Tehran residents walk past the ruins of buildings destroyed by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. Meanwhile, groups of people gather on the streets of the Iranian capital holding flags of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that Ankara is ready to help reinforce the ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as clashes between the two neighbours continue for a sixth consecutive day.
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