Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ra.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan smiles to his supporters after the Eid al-Fitr prayers in Istanbul, early Sunday, June 25, 2017.
"Demanding that Turkey pull its soldiers is unfortunately also disrespectful toward Turkey", he said.
Iran has called the Saudi-led economic siege of Qatar unacceptable and has called for dialogue to solve the diplomatic crisis.
In their apparent bid to secure U.S. support and that of Israel, Riyadh, Manama, Cairo and Abu Dhabi suspended all land, air and sea traffic with Qatar, expelled its diplomats and ordered Qatari citizens to leave their countries.
The United States said the demands on Qatar by its Mideast neighbors "will be very hard to meet".
"In this context NHRC urged the state of Qatar not to accept those demands", the article said.
The expression of support came after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain cut ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing it of support for Islamist militants, an allegation Qatar denies.
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Abu Dhabi // Qatar has begun a "careful review" of the 13 demands presented by other Arab states to end the dispute over Doha's support of extremist groups, the USA state department said on Sunday. "Re-evaluating the base agreement with Qatar is not on our agenda, " he said. "I made the same offer to King Salman... and said that if it's appropriate we could also establish a base in Saudi Arabia". Bahrain, one of the other countries involved in the spat, is host to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
The Iranian president also highlighted the significance of unity and integrity in the Muslim world and said Tehran and Doha can undoubtedly cooperate with each other in this field.
The list delivered Thursday includes demands that Qatar shut down Al-Jazeera, scale back ties to Iran and close a Turkish military base.
The US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said the countries should now "sit together and continue this conversation".
The four countries have reportedly given Qatar a 10-day deadline in which to meet their demands.
"We assert our right to practice our journalism professionally without bowing to pressure from any government or authority and we demand that governments respect the freedom of media to allow journalists to continue to do their jobs free of intimidation, threats and fear-mongering", the network said in a statement.
Al Jazeera said any call to close down the network is an attempt to silence freedom of expression in the region.
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