Turkish minister warns of Israeli sabotage risk to US-Iran deal

<article data-history-node-id="442826" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkish-minister-warns-israeli-sabotage-risk-us-iran-deal" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/turkish-minister-warns-israeli-sabotage-risk-us-iran-deal" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Turkish minister warns of Israeli sabotage risk to US-Iran deal</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan says that technical issues remaining in the recently signed memorandum of understanding&nbsp;may not be quickly resolved, and cautioned that Israel could try to derail the process.</p> <p>“These are important issues. It may not be easy to immediately resolve their technical details. We may see deadlocks from time to time. We need to be prepared for that,” Fidan told the Turkish Anadolu Agency.</p> <p>“Secondly, of course, there is always an Israel waiting in the corner, ready to sabotage the process as soon as it finds the opportunity.”</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati (R) walks with his Turkish counerpart Hakan Fidan (L) ahead of their meeting in Cairo on June 21, 2026. " data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="be27a13b-3a58-4951-80ab-219a8228f5ff" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Egypt%27s%20Foreign%20Minister%20Badr%20Abdel%20Ati%20%28R%29%20walks%20with%20his%20Turkish%20counerpart%20Hakan%20Fidan%20%28L%29%20ahead%20of%20their%20meeting%20in%20Cairo%20on%20June%2021%2C%202026.%20AFP.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati (R) walks with his Turkish counerpart Hakan Fidan (L) ahead of their meeting in Cairo on June 21, 2026. " typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Ati (R) walks with his Turkish counerpart Hakan Fidan (L) ahead of their meeting in Cairo on 21 June 21 2026. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>