ISTANBUL, March 8, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Turkey's foreign minister warned against efforts to stir up a civil war inside Iran, while cautioning Tehran after NATO intercepted a Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran earlier in the week. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said any effort to stir up a civil war inside Iran in a bid to bring about regime change would be a 'historic' mistake. "We are against all scenarios that aim to instigate a civil war in Iran, that target ethnic or religious fault lines," Fidan told journalists in Istanbul. "We hope the Kurdish opinion leaders in the region will not make the mistake of shouldering such a historical responsibility," he said. "After Iraq and Syria, a long period of uncertainty, war and turmoil in Iran is not in anyone's interest," he said.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 08, 2026 02:37 UTC