Turkish President Erdogan said yesterday that Turkey will not succumb to "blackmail" by the the U.S. in the trial of a Turkish bank executive being charged with evading U.S. sanctions on Iran, the Yahoo News website reports today (December 4, 2017).
Erdogan's anger was a result of Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors, in a court scheme to evade U.S. sanctions against Iran.
Erdogan said Turkey's dealings were in line with decisions of the U.N., not the U.S.
"We bought natural gas from a country [Iran] we have an agreement with so our citizens wouldn't be cold in the winter," Erdogan said.
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