Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, in a phone call on Thursday that Turkey opposed any foreign intervention in Iran and valued its neighbors' peace and stability, the Turkish presidency said.
In a statement, the presidency said the leader had discussed the latest developments in Iran, after the worst domestic unrest since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It said Erdogan also said that resolving problems without further escalation was to Ankara's benefit.
EU condemns brutal crackdowns as protests continue in Iran
The European Union voted on Thursday in favor of a resolution calling on the Iranian regime to end executions and release detainees, and called for the European Council to immediately designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Protests in Iran have been going on since late December 2025, with official reports saying 5.000 people were killed in the crackdown on the protests, while some estimates say up to 20.000 people were killed.
Standing in solidarity with the protesters, the parliament called for an immediate end to the violence, a halt to the executions, and cessation of the murder and repression of civilians.
Former CIA director warns Iran situation 'not sustainable'
On Monday, former CIA director David Petraeus said that the Iranian crackdown on protests “signals enormous questions about the regime’s ability to sustain the situation.”
He then admitted that “it is starting to look like the regime will be able to put [the protests] down.”
Leo Feierberg Better contributed to this report.