EghtesadOnline: Armenia's National Security Service, in a statement published while a hostage taking incident being under way in the capital city of Yerevan, downplayed the alleged coup in the country and rejected such claims as ‘baseless’.

EghtesadOnline: Iran sees the issues of coup, terrorism and Zionism as lethal poisons to stability and security of both world and region, advisor to foreign minister said.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi said that the country is closely watching developments in Turkey.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has voiced “deep concern” about the ongoing coup attempt in neighboring Turkey, saying the region is no place for putsches.