A Turkish soldier was killed by gunfire on the border with Iran

A Turkish soldier was killed by gunfire on the border with Iran in the far east of the country, according to what the authorities announced today (Saturday).

The Turkish Ministry of Defense reported, on its website, that soldier Yusuf Sait Unlu “was shot while intervening to prevent a border crossing.”

She added: “After he was transferred by air to Hakkari Governmental Hospital, all attempts to save him failed,” which led to his death.

In recent years, the Turkish authorities built a 380-kilometre-long wall along the border with Iran to prevent the crossing of migrants, especially Afghans.

In June, thirty irregular migrants were found hiding in an empty tank of a tanker truck near the border.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced the dismantling of a two-member cell linked to foreign intelligence services in the west of the country.

Mehr News Agency quoted a statement issued by the Public Relations of the Revolutionary Guards, saying that the intelligence of the Commando Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Revolutionary Guards in the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah Province were able to dismantle a two-person cell linked to foreign intelligence services in the west of the country.

The statement added: “This operation resulted in the seizure of 10 Starlink satellite Internet devices, 10 Kalashnikov rifles, and 5,000 rounds of live ammunition.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened to launch large-scale military strikes and cause damage far exceeding $100 billion if a new war breaks out.

Araghchi responded, via the “X” platform, to statements made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during his visit to South Korea.

Mertz said that Germany has a strong economic interest in ending the conflict with Iran as soon as possible, noting that the rise in energy prices has cost Europe alone more than 100 billion euros.

Araqchi wrote on the “X” platform: “100 billion euros is worth nothing compared to the devastating blow that the powerful Iranian armed forces will deliver to those who dare to harm our people,” adding that red lines have become a thing of the past, according to what the German News Agency reported.

The Iranian Foreign Minister also accused Meretz of welcoming the US and Israeli air strikes on Iran last year, when he said that they were “doing the dirty work on behalf of Europe.”

Mertz had said in an interview with German TV Channel 2, ZDF, on June 17, 2025, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada: “These are the dirty deeds that Israel is doing on behalf of all of us. We are also affected by this system.”

Meretz praised “the Israeli army and the Israeli leadership for taking this step,” and said: “Had it not been for that, we might have continued to witness this regime’s terrorism for months and years more, and this might have happened in light of its possession of a nuclear weapon.”

Meretz's statement about "dirty work" sparked widespread criticism. The German Chancellor later said: “I described it this way, and it is not necessary to repeat it. “It can be expressed this way or another.”