Turkey's leader says diplomacy continues despite stalled US-Iran talks

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said his country will keep pursuing diplomacy between the United States and Iran, even though the effort has hit setbacks. He stated that Turkey is taking steps to avoid being dragged into any crisis involving Iran and called recent attacks on Iran a clear violation of international law.

Erdoğan described a "smell of conflict" around Iran. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump was reported to have rejected the idea of a new agreement with Iran, with one German headline quoting him as saying it was "too late" for such negotiations.