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“We are carrying out intensive negotiations to resolve the issue completely and in a fundamental way,\u201d Farzaneh Sadegh said.<\/p>\n
Sadegh said that negotiations to resolve the fuel tax dispute between Iran and Turkey dragged on in recent days because talks have been held on multiple fronts between transport and foreign ministry authorities of the two countries, Press TV reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe delay is because multiple agencies related to the issue have become involved in the talks as they seek to work out a permanent solution,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
More than a thousand Iranian trucks have been stranded at the border with Turkey since December 29 when the country announced that it had revoked fuel tax exemptions for Iranian vehicles. That has sparked an outcry among truck drivers who say they cannot afford to pay a fuel tax equivalent to 155% of Turkey\u2019s special consumption tax<\/p>\n
Turkish authorities have reacted by saying that the new measure is a response to Iran\u2019s fuel surcharge payment for foreign trucks.<\/p>\n
That comes as subsidized fuel in Iran is almost 20-fold cheaper than Turkey and other countries in the region.<\/p>\n
Reports in recent days showed that Iran had retaliated against Turkey\u2019s new fuel tax policy by halting fuel supplies to Turkish trucks as of January 3.<\/p>\n
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