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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources said.
During the call, Fidan emphasized the need for dialogue and negotiations to help ease rising regional tensions, the sources said, without providing further details on the conversation.
The phone call followed an earlier phone conversation between Fidan and Araghchi on Tuesday, marking their second exchange within 24 hours.
Iran has been rocked by waves of protests since late December, beginning on Dec. 28 at Tehran Grand Bazaar, triggered by the sharp depreciation of the Iranian rial and worsening economic conditions. Demonstrations later spread to several cities across the country.
Iranian officials have accused the United States and Israel of backing what they have described as “riots” and acts of “terrorism.”
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Iranian authorities have not released official casualty figures. However, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said the death toll has exceeded 2,550 people, including protesters and security personnel, with at least 1,134 others injured.
HRANA also reported that at least 10,721 people have been detained, while a total of 18,434 individuals have been taken into custody during operations across 585 locations nationwide, including 187 cities in all 31 provinces.
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