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Turkey Helped Iran Dodge Sanctions
(VOA News) Jamie Dettmer - More details are emerging about the role Turkey has played in assisting Iran to dodge international sanctions. Ministers and associates of President Erdogan's family are alleged to have been paid substantial bribes amounting to at least 4% of the gold traded to Iran via Turkey, according to one of the couriers, Adem Karahan, who claims he helped facilitate the delivery of a ton of gold a day. Karahan, who worked for Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, claims there were two groups of 22 couriers moving gold through Turkish airports. Zarrab is accused of being the ringleader of a money-laundering and gold-smuggling ring in Turkey established to circumvent international sanctions against Iran.