Turkey

Firefighting plane crashes in southern Turkey

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – Turkey’s official news agency says a firefighting plane crashed Saturday in Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey.

Turkey’s Altay completes signing of Naderi

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Iranian defender Mohammad Naderi will play for Altay in the upcoming season of the Süper Lig.

Death toll from northern Turkey floods rises to 27 (+video)

TEHRAN Aug. 13 (MNA) – Turkey's emergency management agency said on Friday that flash floods that have swept through towns in the Turkish Black Sea region have killed 27 people.

Iraqi FM to visit Iran to invite Raeisi to regional summit

TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – News sources reported the Iraqi Foreign Minister will travel to Tehran soon to invite the Iranian President to attend a security meeting attended by some countries in the region, including Turkey, Syria, and Saudi Arabia.

Iran seeking to produce nano products with Turkey, Indonesia

TEHRAN, Aug. 07 (MNA) – According to the secretary-general of the Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC), Turkey and Indonesia are Iran's target countries for establishing joint units for producing and exporting nano products.

Ghalibaf blames US sanction for decrease in Iran-Turkey ties

TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – In a meeting with the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Iran's Speaker of the Parliament Ghalibaf blamed the US sanction for the decrease in Iran-Turkey economic ties.

IRGC helping Turkey to put out fire by 1 plane, 2 helicopters

TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – Following several wildfires in the forests of the southern provinces of Turkey, one Ilyushin 76 aircraft and two MI 171 helicopters of the IRGC Aerospace Force have been involved in firefighting operations in Turkey.

Death toll in Turkey wildfires rises to eight

TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) – The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast rose to eight on Sunday as firefighters battled for a fifth day to contain blazes still raging in coastal resort towns.

Iran MoD helps Turkey in fire control operations

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – Referring to the participation of the Ministry of Defense firefighting aircraft in fire control operations in Turkey, the Iranian envoy in Ankara said firefighting helicopters will also take part in the relief operation.

Iranian Armed Forces launches 1st firefighting op. in Turkey

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Iranian Armed Forces conducted the first firefighting operation in Turkey with the capacity of 40 tons of water after forest fires erupted on Wednesday in Antalya’s Manavgat district and spread over a large area.

Erdogan gives disaster zone status for fire-affected regions

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Turkish President Erdogan declared disaster zone status for regions affected by wildfires.

Afghan troops to be trained in Turkey under NATO supervision

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Afghan soldiers will receive training from NATO in Turkey, in the first such training program of its kind outside Afghanistan.

Zarif expresses sympathy with Turkey over wildfire

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister expressed sympathy with Turkey over the widespread fire in parts of the forests of Turkey's southern provinces, which have caused extensive damage to properties, deaths, and damage to Turkish people.

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran’s latest developments in the last 24 hours.

Iran ready to help Turkey as wildfires rage through neighbor

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman expressed sympathy over the recent wildfires in the south of Turkey, saying that Iran is ready to help the government and people of the neighboring country.

Turkey fights forest fires raging through country's south

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Turkey is battling wildfires that have broken out in 41 different areas recently, with 31 of them successfully brought under control so far, Turkish local media say.

Two Turkish soldiers killed in attack in Northern Syria

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – At least two Turkish soldiers were killed in an attack on the armored vehicle in northern Syria, the country's military said on late Saturday, adding that they returned fire.

Iran intelligence seizes 80kg heroin at border with Turkey

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – The public relations department of the Intelligence Office of West Azarbaijan province said Saturday a shipment of 80 kilograms of heroin was seized by their security forces in Maku.

Karimi, Kayserispor agree on 4-year deal: report

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – According to Turkish media, Iranian midfielder Ali Karimi has reached an agreement with Kayserispor.

An earthquake with 4.2 magnitude Richter scale jolts Izmir

TEHRAN, Jul. 22 (MNA) – An earthquake measuring 4.2 magnitude of Richter-Scale jolted Izmir in Turkey on Thursday.

We will fight Turkey if it remains in Afghanistan: Taliban

TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – A spokesman for the Taliban reiterated their call on the Turkish troops in Afghanistan to leave the country while ruling out any possibility of a civil war after the withdrawal of the US troops.

Majid Hosseini seen in Kayserispor training

TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Iranian defender Majid Hosseini has participated in a training session of Turkey’s Kayserispor.

Taliban group:

Presence of Turkish forces in Kabul to provoke hostility

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – The Taliban group said that presence of Turkish troops in Afghanistan excites sense of 'hostility and animosity'.

Turkish military continues attacks in northern Iraq

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – Local Iraqi sources reported new Turkish airstrikes on areas in the north of the country in the Kurdistan region.

Iran names Syria decision-maker as Astana meeting wraps up

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – A senior Iranian diplomat said that decisions for the future of Syria will be made by the country’s people and government.

Tehran, Ankara confer on security, border coop.

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Iranian envoy in Turkey and Turkish deputy interior minister explored avenues for further security and border cooperation.

Iranian, Pakistani, Turkish consulates closed in Balkh

TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) – As insecurity in Afghanistan escalated, Afghan officials announced the closure of the Iranian, Turkish and Pakistani consulates in Balkh province.