"Tehran, Istanbul, and Damascus
Thu, 29 October 2009
Ghassan Charbel
Iran welcomed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with excessive warmth. It did not ask for his country to stop being a NATO member, cut its ties with the “cancerous tumor” that must be removed, or put an end to its close relation with the Great Satan.
Erdoğan had sent meaningful messages before his visit: the cancellation of the Israeli participation in air maneuvers and closing off Turkish air passageways to the Israeli fighters; his support of Iran’s right to have nuclear technology for peace purposes and his criticism of the “biased” Arab stance in this issue; his consideration that any military action against Iran would be “an act of madness”."
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