Turkey on Sunday said it was "astonished" by Iranian accusations that Ankara is supporting "Islamic State" (ISIS) and involved in oil dealing with the jihadists in Iraq and Syria, AFP reports.
Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said in a statement there was nothing in Tehran's accusations to take "seriously."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he had warned his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani over some Iranian media reports that he and his family were involved in oil trade with ISIS jihadists. Erdogan said that he spoke with Rouhani on the phone and told him: "You will pay a high price if it continues like that." He added that the Iranians later removed the news from their website.