The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) has banned its firms from re-exporting Turkish products to Russia, national media cited its deputy director as saying Saturday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) � Russia banned an array of�Turkish agricultural products after�a Turkish fighter shot down�Russia�s Su-24 jet over�Syria on�November 24, 2015.

Movadvadi stressed that re-export is against�Iran's general export policies and added that Iranian merchants should capitalize on�the Islamic Republic�s friendly ties with�Russia to�export Iranian goods.

Chamber of�Commerce Vice President Mohamadreza Ansari told Sputnik earlier this month Iran planned to�increase the export of�goods to�Russia, food products in�particular, amid�favorable economic ties.

TPOI Deputy Director Mohammad Reza Movadvadi said the re-export ban was made on�the decree of�Iranian Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, according to�Iran�s IRNA news service.

By Sputnik