Turkey’s Halkbank urges dismissal of Iran sanctions criminal case in US
Reuters – Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the state-owned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade…
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Turkey’s Halkbank urges dismissal of US indictment in Iran sanctions case
Reuters – Halkbank on Monday urged a U.S. judge to dismiss an indictment accusing the Turkish lender of helping Iran evade U.S.…
Ex-Halkbank manager’s conviction over Iran sanctions upheld
Reuters – A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a former manager at Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank, for…
Halkbank wins reprieve in US prosecution over Iran sanctions
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen: A federal appeals court granted a temporary halt in the U.S. prosecution of Turkish lender Halkbank over sanctions…
Turkey’s Halkbank fails to halt US prosecution for aiding Iran
Reuters – A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a request by Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal…
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…
Turkey’s Halkbank seeks dismissal of Iran-sanctions case
Bloomberg – A major Turkish state-run bank is seeking to dismiss a U.S. indictment against it for allegedly helping Iran evade sanctions…
Fitch puts Turkey’s Halkbank on downgrade warning after US charges
Reuters – Ratings agency Fitch put the long-term foreign currency rating of Turkey’s Halkbank on “rating watch negative” on Monday, following U.S.…
Turkey says nothing will come of Halkbank case if law in US works
Reuters – Nothing will come of a case against Turkey’s state-owned lender Halkbank “if the law in the United States works”, Turkish…
US prosecutors accuse Turkey’s Halkbank of scheme to evade Iran sanctions
Reuters – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank (HALKB.IS) with taking part in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade U.S.…
Turkey, U.S. discussed return of jailed Halkbank executive: Turkey minister
Reuters – Turkey and the United States have discussed returning a jailed executive from state-owned lender Halkbank to Turkey where he can…
Turkish finance minister upbeat over Halkbank sanctions-busting case
Reuters – Turkey has positive expectations regarding the Iran sanctions-busting case in the United States related to Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank, Finance…
Erdogan says Turkey discussing Halkbank with U.S. after Trump call
Reuters – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he and President Donald Trump had discussed Turkey’s Halkbank, which faces potential U.S. fines…
Turkey slams US court ruling on banker as ‘unjust, unfortunate’
Press TV- Ankara has slammed a US court ruling that convicted a Turkish banker for allegedly helping Iran evade Washington’s sanctions as…
U.S. jury finds Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran dodge sanctions
Reuters– A U.S. jury on Wednesday found a Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, after a nearly four-week trial…
How to launder $1 billion of Iranian oil
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen: Over six days on the stand, a star witness for the FBI spun a stunning tale of corruption and double-dealing.…
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…
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…
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…
Turkish banker is indicted by U.S. in Iran sanctions case
Bloomberg – The case against a Turkish banker arrested at a New York airport last week moved a step closer to a…
Ankara refutes US claims of Turkish bank violating sanctions on Iran
Sputnik News– Halkbank, a state-owned Turkish bank, did not break national or international law, nor did it violate the United Nations’ policy…
India approaches Halkbank to handle oil payment to Iran
May 14 India has approached Turkey’s Halkbank to faciliate the payment of $6.5 billion to Iran, which it owes for crude oil…
Lawmakers look for the ‘golden loophole’ in Iran strategy
If Western sanctions and diplomacy fail to curb Iran’s nuclear program, Tehran’s use of Turkey to swap oil for gold in recent…
Halkbank’s brand value drops in 2013: Report
Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank has been ranked among the global banks that lost much of its brand value in 2013, according to…
Nuclear talks planned for mid-February in NYC: Source
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran, Powers to meet in New York for final step Iran and…
Turkey’s Halkbank seen continuing to handle Iran oil payments – U.S.
Jan 27 (Reuters) – Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank is expected to continue processing payments for Iranian oil imports to Turkey, U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David…
Turkish bank to continue dealings with Iran
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan says state-owned Halkbank will press ahead with processing payments for Turkey’s purchase of oil and gas…
Turkey’s Halkbank says Iran business complies with law
(Reuters) – Halkbank’s (HALKB.IS) dealings with sanctions-hit Iran are entirely lawful, the Turkish state-run lender said on Monday after its chief executive…
Turkey’s Halkbank denies claims it broke sanctions on Iran
Turkey’s Halkbank has denied claims that it is continuing any operations that could break sanctions on Iran. Halkbank issued an official statement…
Indian pays for Iran oil in rupees, Turkey route halted-sources
NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (Reuters) – India is now paying Iran only in rupees for its oil after it lost another payment route in…
Turkey to Iran gold trade wiped out by new U.S. sanction
(Reuters) – Tighter U.S. sanctions are killing off Turkey’s gold-for-gas trade with Iran and have stopped state-owned lender Halkbank from processing other nations’ energy…
Turkey’s Halkbank to continue existing Iran transactions- min
Feb 7 (Reuters) – Turkish state-owned Halkbank will continue its existing transactions with Iran but some other banks have pulled back in response to pressure from…