Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday denied reports that Tehran had fired missiles at Turkey and said the two countries could investigate the matter together, according to a statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
In a phone call with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the reports “completely baseless” and warned of what he described as possible false-flag operations by Iran’s enemies, the statement said.
Araghchi also said Iran was ready for joint technical cooperation with Turkey to examine any claim that missiles had been fired toward Turkish territory.
The statement came a day after Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense said NATO air and missile defense assets in the eastern Mediterranean had neutralized a ballistic munition launched from Iran after it entered Turkish airspace.
Turkey has reported four such incidents since the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28, raising concern in Turkey over spillover from the war on its border.
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