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 Zarrab.


In his testimony in a New York trial, Zarrab, who was arrested in the United States on March 19, 2016,�explained how he helped Iran bypass US sanctions. He said�he had meetings�with Bahmani and�had ties�with former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

During Ahmadinejad�s 2005-2013 presidency, Iran was under heavy sanctions over its nuclear program. Following the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, all nuclear-related�sanctions against Iran�were lifted.

In an�interview�with the semi-official ISNA news agency Dec. 12, Bahmani said he had�had no meetings�with Zarrab.

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