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The Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Iran has reacted to another anti-Iranian statement made by the Turkish authorities, Panorama.am reports citing Tasnim Iranian news agency.

As the Iranian source reports, the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey has announced that a new flow of over three million refugees of other countries in Iran is moving from Iran to Turkey and from there to Europe.

Responding to the above-mentioned statement of the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, as well as to the Turkish President Erdoğan's speech in Istanbul, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi in particular noted: “Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continues making baseless statements against Iran. As for the refugees, Iran has been hosting millions of refugees from its neighboring countries for more than 30 years. Turkey should learn how Iran has treated refugees having never misused this humanitarian issue for special pre-planned political purposes against any country.”

To note, turning to the regular anti-Iranian statements made by Turkey’s President and Foreign Minister, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif noted that “Turkey is an ungrateful neighbour.”

Earlier, during the visit paid to Bahrain, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan touched upon the regional developments noting that religious and national differences are observed in Iraq. Iranian nationalism, as well as separatist movements have also been formed there which must be stopped.

In that regard, Turkey’s Ambassador to Iran was summoned to the Foreign Ministry.