US EditionErdogan Offers to Mediate Between US and Iran Amid Rising Tensions
President Erdogan proposed hosting US-Iran teleconference and talks to de-escalate tensions amid Iran's planned military drills in the Strait of Hormuz.
- On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to host a teleconference between the US and Iranian presidents, urging diplomacy and offering to mediate while Tehran had not responded.
- Rising US threats, including talk of a `massive armada`, pushed tensions as US President Donald Trump said Thursday, `We have a group headed out to a place called Iran, and hopefully we won't have to use it`.
- Scheduled meetings in Istanbul this Friday include Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's talks with Turkish officials and President Erdogan, as Tehran considers its response.
- Iraqi Iran-aligned militias held `martyrdom marches` with Kataib Hezbollah, Harakat al-Nujaba and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, while a senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader warned countermeasures would be immediate.
- Turkey opposes foreign intervention and, having offered similar mediation during the 12-day war in June, urges resolving issues `file by file` to ease the crisis.
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