Islamic Iranian Judiciary Chief Asks Turkey to Discern Friends from Foes

Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani in a meeting with Turkish Ambassador to Tehran Umit Yardim called on the Turkish government and elites to note historical events of their country in a bid to be able to distinguish friends from enemies.

“The Muslim countries’ elites, specially those of a great country like Turkey, should remember which countries tore the Ottoman Empire apart while now claim to sympathize with Turkey through snare and tricks,” Shahroudi said during the meeting in Tehran on Wednesday.

During the meeting, Yardim underlined that Turkey attaches much importance to the views of Iranian officials and consultations with Tehran, and expressed the hope that due to their rich Islamic cultures, the three Muslim countries of Iran, Turkey and Egypt can play an influential role in the region and the Muslim world.

Earlier this year, a prominent Egyptian politician also called for the establishment of a regional coalition among Iran, Egypt and Turkey.

“If I win the race, I will take an initiative to form a coalition with Iran and Turkey in a bid to serve Islam and Arab states,” Hamdin Sabahi, a former candidate in Egypt’s presidential election, told FNA in Cairo in April.

“The coalition will then expand to a Union of Arab and Islamic countries,” al-Sabahi added.

He said that severance of Tehran-Cairo ties was harmful to Egypt and merely served the interests of Israel and the US.