Fran’s foreign ministry spokesman says the country is concerned about and closely watching Turkey’s ongoing attack against the Kurdish city of Afrin that was launched two days ago. The Region reports in its article Iran worried Turkey’s Afrin attack could embolden 'Takfiri terrorists' that in the statement released on Sunday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said the continuation of the crisis in Afrin may reorganize ‘Takfiri terrorist’ groups in the northern Syrian regions and fan the flames of war in this country, in another reference to FSA groups supported by Turkey.
Qassemi went on to say that Tehran strongly stresses the necessity of preserving the territorial integrity of Syria and respecting the country’s sovereignty to prevent intensification of the humanitarian crisis and to save the lives of the innocent people of Syria. Moreover, Iran expects all countries, especially the Turkish government as one of the guarantor states [of the Astana Process], to remain committed to the diplomatic settlement of the Syrian crisis. “Especially within the framework of Astana Talks, and to continue to play a constructive role and carry out its responsibility to resolve the crisis in Syria diplomatically,” the spokesperson said. Moreover, the Iranian spokesman called on the involved countries to remain committed to peaceful and diplomatic ways to resolve the Syrian crisis through processes like Astana Talks.
Turkish officials previously told Turkish media they would coordinate with Russia and Iran on the air operation in Afrin. Both countries have expressed concern over the operation, although the Syrian Kurds blamed Russia for not doing enough to stop the Turkish operation.
“In Efrin, Turkey is taking revenge of ISIS' defeat from the Syrian Kurds, yet the world is silent. Disgraceful,” Redur Xelil, a spokesperson of the Syrian Democratic Forces said on Twitter, who tagged the US president Donald Trump in his Tweet.
