Tasnim � Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif deplored the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic and said the Washington administration would not be allowed to undermine the country�s trade with other nations.

Speaking to reporters in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday, Zarif responded to a question as to what will happen if a sanctions waiver granted to Turkey to trade with Iran is not extended, saying that the US is seeking to control other countries� relations.

�But a government can never ignore or endanger the interests of other countries to support the views of certain elements,� he added.

"We have no problem with partners of the US, but we will not allow the United States to question our trade with other countries,� the Iranian top diplomat noted.

Heading a high-ranking diplomatic delegation, Zarif is in Turkey on the second leg of a tour that took him earlier to Syria.

Speaking to reporters in Washington on Tuesday, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said his country expects the United States to extend a waiver granted to Ankara to continue oil purchases from Iran without violating US sanctions.

�We made it clear that only we�d like to continue buying oil from Iran but also Iran is a neighboring country ... People should not expect Turkey to turn its back on Iran just like that,� he said.

Turkey did not support US sanctions policy on Iran and did not think it would yield the desired result, Kalin said.