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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as they attend the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Khankendi, Azerbaijan on July 4, 2025.

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Ankara is wary of the consequences of potential US strikes on Iran, warning they could trigger wider regional instability.

The skyline of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 31, 2023.

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Some residents were able to return on Sunday to their neighbourhoods in Aleppo, where Kurdish fighters had clashed with government forces for days

Syria govt forces take control of Aleppo's Kurdish neighbourhoods

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Smoke rises as protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest at Vakilabad highway in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, released on January 10, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS

Deaths from Iran protests reach more than 500, rights group says

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An Iranian woman walks past a mural depicting a scene from the Iranian national epic "Shahnameh" in the capital Tehran on January 6, 2026. Iran's economy has been hit hard by tough international sanctions, with the national currency, the rial, losing more than a third of its value against the US dollar over the past year and inflation in double digits. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

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Israel military vehicles drive along the border fence into Israel, near the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, on July 17, 2025. Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the whole of Sweida province after days of sectarian bloodshed in the heartland of the Druze minority, a war monitor and witnesses said July 17, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

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A person uses a lighter to set fire to a banner during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on Jan. 1, 2026.

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FILE PHOTO: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu arrives at the Kremlin before a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow, Russia March 21, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia's Shoigu talks with Iran Security Chief, condemns foreign interference, Interfax reports

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FILE PHOTO: People walk past closed shops following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar, Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's traders, frustrated by economic losses, turn against clerics

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Reza Pahlavi said that the Islamic republic had 'time and time again' been 'deceitful' in negotiations

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Smoke rises as protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, released on January 10, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. SOCIAL MEDIA/via REUTERS

Turkey cautions against foreign intervention in Iran

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