The United States is calling on its allies that also maintain relations with Iran to persuade them not to escalate further the tensions in the Middle East, the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Jeff Flake, said. “We ask all of our allies that have any relations with Iran to prevail on them to de-escalate, and that includes Turkey,” Flake told reporters in Istanbul, as carried by Reuters. Turkey officials with whom the U.S. is talking “seem more confident than we are that it won’t escalate,” the ambassador said of the current situation…
