TURKEY PLAYED CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE ON SENDING MESSAGE TO IRAN, U.S. SPOKESPERSON

WASHINGTON, D.C. (A.A) - 08.10.2010 - A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State said Thursday that Turkey had played a constructive role in sending the international community's message to Iran calling the country to act in accordance with its international obligations.
Upon a question on "sanctions on Iran" during a daily press briefing, Mark Toner, the Acting Deputy Department Spokesman of the State Department, said that Turkey, as a member of the United Nations (UN), had to uphold the UN Security Council Resolution No. 1929 on sanctions to be imposed on Iran.
Commenting on Turkey's objective stance against UN sanctions on Iran, Toner said, "Turkey has played a constructive role in sending the international community's message to Iran that it needs to live up to its international obligations. In that role, they have been constructive, I think, and they can play a constructive role".
Turkey, Brazil and Iran signed Tehran Agreement in May. Under the deal, Iran agreed to transfer 1,200 kg of low-enriched uranium to Turkey within a month and in return receive, within a year, 120 kg of 20 percent-enriched uranium to keep Tehran's medical research reactor running. 
In July, the United Nations Security Council agreed to additional economic sanctions against Iran. Twelve of the council's 15 members voted to approve the UN resolution. Turkey and Brazil both voted against the resolution, while Lebanon abstained.