Gold trader?s trial strains US-Turkey ties
 

ISTANBUL: A trial which has strained Turkish-US ties before it even started opens this week in New York despite the possible absence of a defendant who Turkey says is cooperating with prosecutors in what it calls ?a clear plot? against Ankara. Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, charged with conspiring to evade US sanctions on Iran, has dropped out of sight in the last two months, prompting Turkey?s prime minister to suggest he has reached a plea deal with US authorities. James Margolin, a spokesman for US prosecutors in Manhattan, declined to comment on whether Zarrab was cooperating with the authorities. A lawyer for Zarrab, Benjamin Brafman, declined to comment for this article.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World...~4/-yn-MwOzUuk

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