ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party warned on Monday that foreign intervention in Iran could spark wider turmoil in the region as US President Donald Trump ramped up threats against the Islamic Republic.

Details: Omer Celik, the spokesperson for the Justice and Development Party (AKP), said Turkey acknowledged the depth of Iran’s domestic problems but warned against outside intervention.

“The solution to these problems must come … through the Iranian state’s own national will,” Celik told reporters after a party meeting chaired by Erdogan.

“Any external intervention would lead to even worse outcomes,” he said.

Arguing that Israel was seeking to instrumentalize the unrest to push regime change in Iran, Celik added, “We see........

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