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Turkey-Iran: gold for gas US scrutiny | beyondbrics

Turkey-Iran: gold for gas US scrutiny
November 28, 2012 4:24 pm by Daniel Dombey

More pressure is coming Turkey’s way over gas purchases from Iran.

After the Turkish government’s admission last week that Tehran was using revenue from gas sales to Ankara to buy gold and then shipping the metal back home, the gas-gold trade has attracted (almost certainly unwelcome) attention from the US Senate.

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