Iran and Turkey hold talks ‘for closer coordination among Islamic countries in addressing regional challenges’

By Christine Douglass-Williams | Dec 29, 2025

 Turkey’s alliance with Iran is to “defend the interests of the Islamic world in international forums,” while the West continues to turn a blind eye to the true nature of Turkey, which is still a member of NATO. A top Israeli strategist described Turkey as the “new Iran,” for good reason.

On July 2025, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf met with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Numan Kurtulmus on the sidelines of the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva, calling on Islamic and regional countries, especially Iran and Turkey, to unite and remain strong in opposition to the United States and Israel.

Three months later, in October 2025, Iran and Turkey discussed military cooperation and signaled their intent to build a stronger regional security partnership.

Muslim nations are more united than Western nations care to admit, to the latter’s detriment.

“Iran, Turkey stress parliamentary cooperation to boost bilateral ties,” Tehran Times, December 28, 2025:

TEHRAN – In line with efforts to strengthen bilateral and parliamentary relations, Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh, Iran’s ambassador to Ankara, met and held talks with Abdulrahim Dosak, head of Turkey’s parliamentary group at the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

The cordial meeting highlighted the strategic importance of cooperation between Tehran and Ankara, as well as the need for closer coordination among Islamic countries in addressing regional challenges.

Both sides expressed satisfaction with the current level of Iran–Turkey relations and stressed the importance of exchanging parliamentary delegations and continuing cooperation between the two countries’ parliamentary friendship groups, describing such channels as key to expanding ties.

They also discussed the importance of cooperation within the framework of the Parliamentary Union of OIC member states, emphasizing the need to use the platform to defend the interests of the Islamic world in international forums….