Ankara will not harm Tehran

Turkey will never support any action that could harm Iran, the head of Parliament's foreign affairs commission,Volkan Bozkir, said yesterday after talks with Iranian counterpart Aladdin Boroujardi. "We gave another assurance that Turkey will in no way stand by any action that may harm Turkey's close friend Iran," said Bozkir. During the closed-door meeting, Boroujardi voiced hope that the U.S. radar system to be stationed in the eastern province of Malatya as part of NATO's missile defense project would not be used against Iran.