Iran has dismissed as hackneyed the recent allegations by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the Islamic Republic over Tehran's policies in Syria.
During his weekly press briefing on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said Iran has adopted a "transparent" policy regarding the developments in Syria and the region.
Erdogan had a day earlier accused Iran of adopting "sectarian" policies in Syria by putting its weight behind Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Jaberi Ansari said that Irans policiesregarding the crisis in Syria is based on the legitimate"rightof the Syrians to decide their own future.
The Iranian official further expressed the Islamic Republics opposition to employingterrorism as a tool for achieving political objectives.