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Nujaba threatened Turkey in a statement while a newer group claimed an attack, highlighting how IRGC uses these newer groups, which could be front groups at this time but can grow into own as Nujaba did, for claiming riskier ops https://twitter.com/monitoraxis/status/1361364205929172995
It seems Tehran is eager to put pressure on Ankara after essentially watching on sidelines as Turkey expanded its presence in the South Caucuses. Many also perceived Erdogan as stoking Azeri separatism after he recited a poem in Baku lamenting separation of Azeris by Aras river
It was just a few weeks ago that Iranian and Turkish FMs discussed expanding business ties and a trilateral summit on Afghanistan. Iranian-Turkish ties are complex, they cooperate and compete but can expect more geopolitical tension in future
Mutual perception of Kurdish separatism in addition to energy ties can almost guarantee that relations don’t spiral out of control for foreseeable future. Ties didn’t break when Turks bombed and killed Iranians and proxies in N Syria last year
Not to mention Turkey just arrested an Iranian diplomat related to assassination of a dissident in Istanbul and released CCTV footage of the arrest
