Statement from the Ministry of National Defense regarding our soldier who was martyred: The shot is assessed to have come from the Iranian side

Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense said the gunfire that killed contracted infantry private Yusuf Sait Ünlü during an intervention against an illegal border crossing on the Turkey-Iran frontier is assessed to have come from the Iranian side. Investigations have been opened in both countries, and Turkish officials said they held talks with Iranian authorities at the scene. The incident risks adding friction to already delicate ties between the two neighbors, which share a long border and cooperate on migration and security issues. What to watch next: the findings of the parallel probes and whether Ankara and Tehran agree on the origin of the shot.