Officials said fragments that fell in the Dortyol district in southern Türkiye, near the Syrian border, had been identified as pieces of the interceptor used to neutralise “the threat in the air”.
No casualties were reported.
The incident drew condemnation from NATO.
“NATO stands firmly with all allies, including Turkiye, as Iran continues its indiscriminate attacks across the region,” NATO spokeswoman Allison Hart said, using Türkiye’s official name.
“Our deterrence and defence posture remains strong across all domains, including when it comes to air and missile defence”.
“WRONG STRATEGY”
Türkiye, a majority Sunni Muslim NATO member, shares a 500km border with Iran.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who maintains good relations with US President Donald Trump despite his frequent criticism of Israel, has insisted that the US-Israeli strikes on Saturday – which sparked the war and prompted Tehran’s retaliation – were “illegal”.
In an interview late Tuesday, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also criticised Iran’s indiscriminate retaliatory strikes across Gulf states, calling them the “wrong strategy”.
“The underlying strategy seems to be: ‘If I am going to sink, I will take the region down with me’,” Fidan added.
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