Iranian officials, from the Hassan Rouhani administration to the supreme leader’s advisers, have been attempting to contain the escalating crisis between Russia and Turkey. As those efforts seem to be unsuccessful, there are reports of a growing rift between Iran and Turkey resulting from reports that during a phone conversation Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Rouhani about the negative press he and his family have been receiving in Iran.
At a press conference Dec. 8, Mohammad-Bagher Nobakth, spokesman for the Rouhani administration, said reports about Erdogan “threatening” Iran are “incorrect and questionable.”
