Türkiye will mediate Iran-U.S. tensions as Trump threatens military strike into regional talks aim to prevent conflict and protect stability. Türkiye will host talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday, January 30, in a diplomatic push to mediate escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington and avert a potential U.S. military strike, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official announced Thursday, January 29. Türkiye shares more than 550 km of border with Iran. Trump previously threatened military intervention, but he was reportedly dissuaded by Gulf allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman, who fear devastating Iranian retaliation. Iran is a major oil producer and a coastal state of the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of global oil production transits.