Israel, US back Iran protests: Turkish foreign minister

Turkey’s foreign minister on Wednesday said Israel and the U.S. are the only countries supporting the protests in Iran, Anadolu reported.

Speaking to reporters in the capital Ankara, Mevlut Cavusoglu pointed to two people openly supporting the unrest in Iran: “One of them is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the other is the U.S. President Donald Trump.”

He called the demonstrations an “internal” matter of Turkey’s neighbor.

“This situation is Iran’s internal affair. But stability [in Iran] is also important for its neighbors.

"It is significant for all of us.

“We want these conflicts in Iran to come to an end and stability to be recovered immediately.”

Cavusoglu criticized the support provided by Washington and Tel Aviv for the protests in Iran and stated that Turkey is against foreign interference in Iran.

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