Anti-Turkey Statements In Iran – Part III: Erdoğan Is Undermining Iran's Territorial Integrity
Anti-Turkey Statements In Iran – Part III: Erdoğan Is Undermining Iran's Territorial Integrity January 11, 2021 | By A. Savyon and M. Manzour Introduction Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sparked rage in Iran recently by quoting a popular Azeri poem; his recitation was perceived in Iran as an insult and a provocation against Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity. On December 10, during his participation in the Azerbaijan victory celebrations over the liberation of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia, he recited, in Turkish, a line from the Azeri poem "Aras": "They tore the Aras [...
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