Iran has advised Turkish officials to avoid making incorrect remarks and offering unreal analyses, which can lead to tensions in the two countries’ relations.

On Monday, an assistant to the Iranian foreign minister commented on a meeting with Turkey’s ambassador to Iran at the Iranian Foreign Ministry in Tehran, where he was summoned. 

The Iranian official was reacting to recent remarks made by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who accused Iran of interfering with the internal affairs of regional countries.

The Iranian diplomat said the “two countries’ common interests and sensitive regional conditions require Turkish officials to avoid making incorrect comments that would sow discord between the two nations.”

The Director General of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe Department of the Iranian Foreign Ministry added that the Zionist regime’s ongoing aggression and expansionist policies pose the biggest threat to regional stability and security.

He also called on Muslim countries to focus their efforts on stopping Israel’s aggression and crimes against Palestinians and other regional nations, including Syria.

Turkey’s ambassador, for his part, said his country attaches importance to maintaining good relations with Iran.

He added that Ankara believes the two countries must boost cooperation to counter the existing threats.

In an interview with Al Jazeera on Wednesday, the Turkish foreign minister recently called for a change in Iran’s regional policies.

Fidan, who also served as Turkey’s intelligence chief for nearly eight years, said Iran’s foreign policy in the region is “very dangerous.”

“Perhaps this policy brought Iran some benefits, but the cost of keeping these benefits is higher,” he added.  

“If [Iranian] policy continues this way, I do not think that it will be the right policy. If by supporting a group in another country, you are trying to cause anxiety in a third country – other countries can also disturb you by supporting groups in your own country,” he said, accusing Iran of interfering in regional countries.

Fidan said he told Iranians that “people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.”

Recently, Fidan also said, “The region must be freed from the culture of one country dominating others; neither Arabs, nor Turks, nor Kurds, nor Iranians should seek to dominate, harass, or threaten one another.”

In response to Fidan’s remarks, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei asked, “But what about Israel?”