Iran Denies Firing Missile Toward Turkey Following NATO Interception
NATO intercepts ballistic missile allegedly launched from Iran en route to Turkish airspace; Tehran denies
Thursday March 5, 2026
A Turkish F16 fighting jet flies over naval ships during an annual NATO naval exercise on Turkiye's western coast on the Mediterranean
NATO air and missile defense systems stationed in the eastern Mediterranean destroyed a ballistic munition detected after launch from Iran and tracked across Iraqi and Syrian airspace toward Turkiye, Ankara said Wednesday. Iran’s Armed Forces denied firing any…