BRAZIL AND TURKEY DEFY WASHINGTON ON IRAN SANCTIONS http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2010/naiman090610.html

Still, you might say: that's just Brazil and Turkey. Who cares a fig about them?Well, if you look at a map, you'll soon discover that Turkey is the proud possessor of something extremely relevant to the question of cutting off Iran's' economic ties to the world: a 300-mile border with Iran.