Given its good ties with both Syria and Turkey, the Islamic Republic of Iran offered help to resolve the row between the two countries over Syria’s downing of a Turkish warplane

Given its good ties with both Syria and Turkey, the Islamic Republic of Iran offered help to resolve the row between the two countries over Syria’s downing of a Turkish warplane last Friday.
  
The shooting down of the Turkish jet by Syria was “a very sensitive issue” that also concerns Tehran, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said.

"We will use our good relationship with the two countries to resolve the issue," Ramin Mehmanparast said in his weekly news briefing. He hoped "key players in the region" would be able to contain the incident and prevent other countries from being dragged in. "It should be resolved through restraint and negotiations and (the two sides) should avoid measures that disturb the security of the region," he said. "We hope this issue will be resolved rapidly."

Mehmanparast was talking ahead of an emergency NATO meeting on the incident which the Turkish authorities have called for.
  
Syrian air defenses brought down a Turkish F-4 Phantom fighter over the eastern Mediterranean. Damascus said the jet was fired on inside its territory and called the flight "a violation of Syrian sovereignty." But Turkey, while admitting the plane had "briefly" flown through Syrian territory, has called the downing a "hostile act of the highest order".

Concerning the Syrian crisis, the foreign ministry spokesman said any foreign military intervention in Syria may jeopardize regional security. “Any military meddling which may lead to civil war or would threaten regional security should be prevented through cooperation among and participation of the influential countries,” he said.