Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari, who warned Turkey against warming up to Israel. Photo: Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Iran warned Turkey against rapprochement with Israel, semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Monday.

“The Turkish government shouldn’t pursue a different path with the Quds Occupying regime [Israel]” at the expense of its relations with other neighboring governments,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said,  in a veiled reference to recent tensions between Turkey and Iran.

Ansari continued: “The Muslim governments [such as Turkey] should adopt policies which meet their and the Islamic Ummah’s interests, as well as the rights of the Palestinian nation.”