Ali Reza Bigdeli

“I was there, watching the parade in the Red Square, and everything was the same as the year before,” said Ali Reza Bigdeli, the Iranian ambassador to Ankara, speaking about the Soviet Union’s traditional October Revolution celebrations in 1990. “Yes, there was some unrest around, but the parade was no different to the one in 1989, or in 1979.

Iran cannot sell fuel to Turkish trucks, according to a new plan created by Turkish authorities to solve the passage fee and fuel row between Iran and Turkey, Iranian Ambassador to Ankara Ali Reza Bigdeli has said.

Iran cannot sell fuel to Turkish trucks, according to a new plan created by Turkish authorities to solve the passage fee and fuel row between Iran and Turkey, Iranian Ambassador to Ankara Ali Reza Bigdeli has said.

The situation in the Middle East could change if Turkey and Iran cooperate on the Syria issue, Iranian Ambassador to Ankara Ali Reza Bigdeli has said.

“The common enemy ISIL’s presence is an opportunity to improve our cooperation with Turkey,” Bigdeli told daily Hürriyet.