A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (R) shaking hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a welcome ceremony in Tehran on October 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO)

TEHRAN, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and his visiting Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday rejected the recent independence referendum results in Iraqi Kurdistan as "unacceptable."

Iran and Turkey refute the religious and ethnic conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Rouhani said following a ceremony held for signing documents of cooperation between Tehran and Ankara.

"We do not accept disintegration of the states in the region. In our eyes, Iraq is a unified and independent country and so is Syria," Rouhani said.

The leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan should reconsider their decision for independence and "must correct their mistakes," he added.

For his part, visiting Turkish President Erdogan said Iran and Turkey do not recognize the results of Iraqi Kurdistan independence vote.

"We, as Iran and Turkey, have made firm decisions and it is open to everybody," Erdogan said, adding that "We only recognize the central government in Baghdad."

Both Iran and Turkey have taken counter measures to the Kurds' move and will adopt further measures, he warned.

Erdogan arrived in Iran's capital Tehran on Wednesday for key talks with senior Iranian officials.