Figures by the European Union’s statistics agency, Eurostat, show that Turkey resumed importing oil from Iran in March this year nearly four years after it cut shipments to zero to comply with US sanctions on Tehran.
SUMMARY:A series of Friday Prayers leaders and MPs backed the Rouhani Governments nuclear talks with the West, following the advance in discussions in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The statementby the spokesman of Parliaments National Security Council, Hossein Naghavi Hosseini, was typical:
The set of proposals that Iran presented were the focus ...
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Turkeys Energy Minister Taner Yildiz says the country has no plans to cut its crude oil imports from Iran.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday Yildiz said Turkeys oil imports from Iran stand between 5.5-6 million tons per day (around 105,000 barrels), noting, it is not within our plans to trim that figure.
The comment comes a day after the US House ...