Economics
Erdogan Says U.S. Sanctions on Iran Weren't Binding for Turkey
- President has been implicated in evasion plot at U.S. trial
- Senior aide suggests Erdogan will emerge ‘even stronger’
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Turkey’s president has argued that his country did not break a trade embargo on Iran as it hadn’t committed to abide by U.S. sanctions, and there were no United Nations restrictions in place, the Hurriyet newspaper reported on Friday.
The comments at a Thursday meeting of Turkey’s ruling party came hours before Erdogan was for the first time implicated in a plot to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions. The Islamic Republic was only released from UN curbs imposed over its nuclear program in January 2016, when a multi-lateral accord struck the year before was implemented.