ADVERTISEMENTIranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi told CNN Turk that 3,100, including 2,000 security forces, had been killed. Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Europeans "rode on our problems, provoked, and were seeking, and still seek, to fragment society," said Pezeshkian. Regional allies including Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia have been engaging in diplomatic efforts to prevent a military confrontation between Washington and Tehran. Foreign Minister Araqchi said in Turkey on Tuesday that missiles would never be the subject of any negotiations. Some have fallen for this illusion," Araqchi told CNN Turk.

Source: The Telegraph January 31, 2026 13:11 UTC