US threats of imposing sanctions on Iran 'unjust': Turkey's Erdogan

by **GirlBye** Mon Oct 01, 2018 12:26 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed as unjust the United States' move to impose sanctions against Iran and threaten to further toughen them.

In a speech at the opening of the Turkish parliament on Monday, Erdogan added that excluding Iran from regional matters is wrong.

He emphasized that the US had taken the wrong path by threatening and using blackmail instead of dialogue, saying it was impossible for any country to trust Washington.

In his second address to the General Assembly in New York on September 25, US President Donald Trump promised hard-hitting sanctions against Iran and urged the world to isolate the Islamic Republic, accusing it of sponsoring terrorism and sowing "chaos, death and destruction," in the Middle East.

"We ask all nations to isolate Iran's regime as long as its aggression continues," the US president said. "They do not respect their neighbors or borders or the sovereign rights of nations."

Trump announced in May that Washington was pulling out of the nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which lifted nuclear-related sanctions against Tehran in exchange for restrictions on Tehran's nuclear program.

The deal had been signed between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- plus Germany in 2015.

The US administration reintroduced the previous sanctions while imposing new ones on the Islamic Republic. It also introduced punitive measures — known as secondary sanctions — against third countries doing business with Iran.

A first round of American sanctions took effect in August, targeting Iran's access to the US dollar, metals trading, coal, industrial software, and auto sector. A second round, forthcoming on November 4, will be targeting Iran’s oil sales and its Central Bank.

Erdogan further said the United States had lost credibility by engaging in trade wars globally.

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All I have to say about this is, "RELEASE THE WATER ERDOGAN!!!" If you are that interested in human rights why are you creating drought with your neighbor Iraq, and doing it with your partner in crime Iran.