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US court upholds Turkish banker's conviction in Iran case - StarTribune.com

US court upholds Turkish banker's conviction in Iran case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press JULY 20, 2020 — 11:35AM

NEW YORK — A Turkish banker was properly convicted of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions in a case that strained relations with Turkey, a federal appeals panel said Monday.

The ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan concluded that Mehmet Hakan Atilla received a fair trial after he was arrested in 2017 during a business trip to the United States.

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