Tehran is blowing the whistle on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the Iranian Foreign Ministry calling the Turkish president's recent comments "unfounded" and adding that Ankara is playing a game of responsibility to justify its policies. Hurriyet.
"Unfortunately, Turkish officials continue to make baseless, disturbing and problematic comments against their neighbors," said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi.
"By blaming others and repeating false allegations, they are trying to justify disturbing and expansive policies towards their neighbors," he said.
Speaking at a ceremony in Antalya on March 25, Erdogan accused Tehran of pursuing "racist and discriminatory" policies in Iraq.
"While there is bloodshed in Libya, civilians are being bombed in Syria and religious tensions are rising in Iraq - and I do not see this as just religious tensions - as in fact it is racism that at the same time is gaining strength from religious tensions. "The events in Iraq are, in fact, Iran increasing its racism stemming from its past expansionist policies in the region," Erdogan said.
In addition, the Iranian ministry criticized Deputy Prime Minister Weiss Kainak's comments about the arrival of 3 million refugees, who said that they were more Afghans than Iran, describing them as "wrong".
"Iran has hosted millions of refugees from neighboring countries for more than 30 years," the statement said.
"Turkey should learn that Iran has hosted millions of refugees for more than three decades and has never used this humanitarian issue for specific, politically motivated purposes against other countries," he said, urging Turkish officials to avoid confusing humanitarian issues with political differences and respect for the national sovereignty of neighboring countries
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