(Los Angeles Times) Paul Richter - Turkey has rebuffed a U.S. effort to persuade it to scale back its trade ties with Iran despite a persistent U.S. lobbying campaign this week in Washington and Ankara. Ali Babacan, a Turkish deputy prime minister, said Wednesday in Washington that Turkish companies remained "free to make their own decisions" about whether to comply with U.S. and European sanctions aimed at cutting off trade with Iran. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said last month that his country wanted to triple its trade with Iran.
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