U.S.
arrest of
Iranian gold trader reopens wounds in
Turkish graft scandal
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The
arrest of an
Iranian gold trader whom
Turkish prosecutors placed at the heart of a
Turkish government
graft scandal two years ago hit shares in a state-run bank on Tuesday and raised opposition hopes that new light would be shed on a case it said was covered up. Reza Zarrab, 33, an Iranian-born
Turkish citizen, was arrested in Florida by
U.S. authorities on Saturday on charges that he and two Iranians conspired to conduct hundreds of millions of dollars in financial t
