Punishment for Turkey for role in biggest modern sanctions-busting scheme in doubt under Trump
Euronews | Heidi Przybyla and Julia Ainsley and Tom Winter with NBC News Politics: A Turkish-Iranian gold trader in U.S. custody is continuing to…
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No cushy digs for Turkish gold trader who helped convict banker
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen: When gold trader Reza Zarrab was taken from a U.S. jail after agreeing to testify about Turkish efforts…
US judge seeks internal communications in Turkey case
AP— A federal judge wants lawyers is a case involving a billion-dollar scheme to evade American sanctions against Iran to detail any…
US trial of Turkish banker part of attempt to stage new coup in Turkey – Erdogan
Sputnik– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday described the ongoing trial in the United States of deputy CEO of Turkey’s Halkbank…
Turkish Justice minister: Turkey to reject US court order on Iran sanctions
MNA – The Turkish Justice Minister says that Turkey will reject any US court decision on Turkish bank, refusing to abide by…
Former Iran Central Bank chairman denies ever meeting Zarrab
Al-Monitor- Iran’s former Central Bank head Mahmoud Bahmani, reacting to Iranian-Turkish tycoon Reza Zarrab’s recent statements in a US court, says he never met with…
Turkish banker’s lawyer blames laundering on others at Halkbank
Bloomberg |Christian Berthelsen & Bob Van Voris: Lawyers for a Turkish banker accused of aiding an Iran sanctions-evasion plot are pointing the…
The real reason Iranian media is fixated on Zarrab case
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Turkish-Iranian business tycoon Reza Zarrab’s testimony in a US court has received extensive coverage in Iranian media; however,…
Zarrab recorded in jail saying ‘You Have to Lie’ to get leniency
Bloomberg | Bob Van Voris, Christian Berthelsen & Chris Dolmetsch: Reza Zarrab, the Turkish currency trader who admitted helping Iran move billions…
Iran sanctions trial returns to defendant after flashy detour
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen & Bob Van Voris: A Turkish banker is on trial in New York accused of helping Iran evade…
Turkey to seize assets of gold trader testifying in US
AP — Turkish prosecutors have ordered the seizure of assets of a wealthy Turkish-Iranian businessman who is the star witness in the…
He broke U.S. law to help Iran, but it is Turkey that fears what he might say in court
The Washington Post | Devlin Barrett: A Turkish Iranian gold dealer is expected to testify Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, the…
Zarrab trial in U.S. over Iran sanctions is delayed a week
Bloomberg– The trial of a Turkish-Iranian gold trader accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions and bribing senior Turkish officials was put…
Turkey says Gulen network behind U.S. case against Turkish trader
Reuters – The U.S. case against a Turkish gold trader accused of evading U.S. sanctions on Iran is based on evidence fabricated…
Iran sanction-busting trial may get underway without Zarrab
Bloomberg – The politically charged trial of Iranian-Turkish gold trader Reza Zarrab that’s scheduled to begin next month in New York might…
Erdogan criticizes US for charging ex-minister over Iran bans
Press TV – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced as “politically motivated” the US prosecutors’ recent charges against a former economy…
U.S. charges 4 Turks with conspiring to violate Iran sanctions
The New York Times – Federal prosecutors in New York announced on Wednesday the filing of a new indictment that charges a…
Turkey’s Erdogan expected to ask Trump to drop Iran sanctions case
RFERL – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to ask U.S. President Donald Trump to drop an Iran sanctions case against…
Turkish banker pleads not guilty in New York in Iran sanctions case
Reuters– An executive at the Turkish state-owned bank Halkbank on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges he violated U.S. sanctions against Iran…
Zarrab’s new lawyers seek to resolve case with Trump administration, Erdoğan
Turkish Minute – Two prominent lawyers added last week to the legal team of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian businessman who is awaiting…
U.S. charges Turkish banker in Iran sanctions probe
Reuters– U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged an executive at a Turkish state-owned bank with participating in a multi-year scheme to violate U.S.…
New charge against Turkish businessman in US sanctions case
AP– Prosecutors have added new allegations against a well-known Turkish businessman facing trial in the United States. The 33-year-old Zarrab has pleaded…
Turkish businessman pleads not guilty to U.S. charges over Iran sanctions
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Turkish gold trader pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges that he and others conspired to conduct…
Turkish opposition to send MPs to Iran for graft probe
With the government unwilling to probe Iranian links with alleged graft in Turkey, Turkey’s opposition plans a trip to Tehran to investigate.…
Turkey lifts travel ban on Iranian graft-probe suspect – report
ISTANBUL – A Turkish court has lifted a travel ban on an Iranian businessman who was held for two months without charge…
Zarrab sent former EU minister half a million euros as holiday present
Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who was arrested and later released as part of a corruption investigation, allegedly sent 500,000 euros in bribes…
Iran to send a delegation to Turkey to look into Zarrab, Zanjani links
Iran is to send a judicial delegation to Turkey in search of the overseas assets of arrested Iranian businessman, Babak Zanjani, an…
Iranian businessman released, faces corruption trial in Turkey
Reza Zarrab, an Iranian businessman, is the prime suspect in the financial corruption case in Turkey involving several senior government officials. The…
Reza Zarrab has no links with Iran, says Iranian MP
Turkey-Iran interparliamentary group president Sadr rejects the existence of any links between Zarrab and the Islamic Republic of Iran. An Iranian businessman…
Erdogan leads Turkey-Iran trade mission as U.S. cautions
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to Tehran today as both countries seek to bolster trade and energy ties while the U.S.…