White House national security adviser John Bolton dismissed an EU plan for a special payments plan to circumvent US sanctions against Iranian oil sales and pressed the SWIFT global payments messaging system to rethink dealing with Tehran. Speaking at a conference, Bolton also said the United States would be “aggressive ...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara will continue to purchase Iran’s natural gas, despite US sanctions on Tehran. In an interview with Reuters published on Wednesday, Erdogan said the Turkish lira’s slide is not linked to a diplomatic row with Washington, noting that the country’s economic hardship has been exaggerated. ...
