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will not abide as they are aimed at unbalancing the world.
"US sanctions on Iran are wrong. For us, they are steps aimed at unbalancing the world; we don't want to live in an imperialist world," Erdogan told news hounds on Tuesday after addressing ruling party MPs at the parliament in the capital, Ankara.
His comments come after Washington this week imposed a second set of sanctions on Iran that aim to isolate the country's banking sector and slash its oil exports.
Eight countries including Turkey - a NATO
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member - have received a US waiver to continue importing Iranian oil without consequences.
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According to the data from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority's (EMRA) Natural Gas Market Report for December 2017, about one-fifth of Turkey's natural gas exports come from Iran.
ISOLATING IRAN IS DANGEROUS
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also warned Washington against the reimposition of sanctions on Iran, saying isolating the country is "dangerous".
"While we were asking [for] an exemption from the United States, we have also been very frank with them that cornering Iran is not wise. Isolating Iran is dangerous and punishing the Iranian people is not fair," he said at a presser during a trip to Japan.
"Turkey is against sanctions, we don't believe any results can be achieved through the sanctions," he added.
"I think instead of sanctions, meaningful dialogue and engagement is much more useful."
Cavusoglu had earlier conveyed the same message last July to a delegation of US officials, stressing that Turkey would not abide by anti-Iran sanctions since Iran is an important neighbour and partner.
"We buy oil from Iran and we purchase it in proper conditions. What is the other option?" Cavusoglu said.
Washington has imposed two sets of sanctions this year after pulling out of the landmark 2015 nuclear pact agreed between world powers and Iran that President Donald Trump
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derided as "defective".
The latest round went into effect on Monday.