During his visit to Iran's Religious leader of Turkey Mehmet Gormez was received today in Iran by the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei. According to Turkish media, the meeting was held behind closed doors with the participation of religious leaders of some other countries, participants of the international conference in Tehran; such a meeting of religious leaders of the two countries was not held for many years.
According to political observers, the topic of the meeting were the issues of Syria, and the interests of Iran and Turkey in the region.
Currently, the two countries are on opposite sides of the barricades: Islamic Iran has teamed up with Christian Russia and acts against Turkey. While Turkey in alliance with NATO confronts Russian policy, seeking any means to support the stay of the Syrian dictator Bashar Asad in power.-05D-
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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