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Iran warns over NATO's anti-missile radar in Turkey

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06-09-2011 | 06:59

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Iran's defense minister on Tuesday criticized the pending deployment of a NATO early-warning radar system in Turkey, saying Tehran would not tolerate any aggression against its national interests.

"The West claims the radar system (in Turkey) is to confront Iranian missiles but they should be aware that we will not tolerate any aggression against our national interests," Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted by state TV as saying.

The Turkish and U.S. governments said on Friday the radar system will help spot missile threats coming from outside Europe, including potentially from Iran. The system, provided by the United States, is to become operational later this year.

Vahidi warned Turkey over the radar system, which Ankara says is not against any specific country. "We regard the presence of America and the West as a troublesome and harmful presence for the Islamic countries," Vahidi said.

Turkey, with NATO's second biggest military, has become an emboldened player in Middle East politics thanks to its booming economy and increasing departure from secularism; drawing it closer to Muslim countries in the region, like Iran.

But Turkey, increasingly critical of Iranian ally Syria, has split with Iran recently over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on popular unrest in his country.

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