Iran consulate offices in Turkey remain closed for now
Following an assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey
Andrey Karlov on December 19, Iran closed down its consular offices
in Turkey.
Thus far, the Islamic Republic has not made any decision with
regards to re-opening of its consular offices.
All consular services in Iranian consulates in Turkey will remain
closed until further notice, a staff with Iran’s Turkey embassy
told Trend on December 20.
The Iranian embassy released a statement, calling on all the
Iranians in Turkey to avoid visiting Iranian consular offices in
Istanbul, Trabzon and Erzurum.
On December 19 Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was
fatally wounded by an armed gunman at an art gallery. The
ambassador died later. Along with him, three other people got
injured in the attack.
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