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The Turkish and Iranian presidents held phone conversations on Thursday night about strengthening bilateral relations, recent events in the region and upcoming political changes in the United States of America.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani assured his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Iran will retaliate in due course against the killers of nuclear scientist Fakhri Zadeh, who was killed last Friday near the capital Tehran.
Iran accuses Israel and the states of being involved in the assassination of Zadeh, who is described as the father of the Iranian nuclear program.
“We know who killed Fakhrizadeh through the method used in the assassination,” Rouhani said during the call.
He stressed that Zadeh’s assassination is “a major crime and an inhumane act, and Tehran will respond to it in a timely manner.”
On the Iranian nuclear program, Rouhani said: “If the Biden administration complies with the nuclear deal, Iran is ready to fulfill its obligations.”
It should be noted that Rouhani is working to prepare the Iranian political climate for an understanding with the new US administration, which will take office on January 20.
For his part, the Turkish president condemned Fakhrizadeh’s assassination, saying that Ankara considers it a gruesome terrorist act aimed at peace and stability in the region.
Erdogan said: “All plans aimed at destabilizing the region will fail again.”
And through his hope that Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House will change America’s policy toward cooperation and bargaining rather than the method of threats and sanctions.
Regarding the situation in the Karabakh region, the Turkish president said that “peace and stability in Karabakh will bring benefits to the countries of the region, including Armenia.”
Erdogan stressed the importance of avoiding any action that threatens the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan.
In this sense, Rouhani highlighted the need to confront the influence of terrorists in the region, after the Karabakh crisis.
Anadolu Agency reported that the two presidents discussed ways to strengthen relations between the two countries and regional developments.
These talks come in the midst of a political movement in the region before the new US administration takes office.
Earlier, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on the conservative movement in his country to be slow and not rush to make decisions on the nuclear program.
On Thursday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged the United States to show goodwill to return to the 2015 nuclear deal from which US President Donald Trump withdrew in 2018.
He added that if the United States honored its original commitments, Tehran would once again fully comply with the agreement.
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