Extradition of a Turkish citizen to the United States under the pretext of helping Iran – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news

The Spanish Supreme Court has agreed to extradite a Turkish citizen suspected of smuggling missile equipment to the United States, Reuters reported.

Previously Spanish police at Barcelona airport in September last year at the request of US prosecutors arrested a Turkish citizen named “Murad” BokiArrested on suspicion of importing equipment from the United States and selling it in Iran. It was announced at the time that imported parts could be used in ballistic and reconnaissance missiles in 2012 and 2013 to be used.

The court said in its verdict against the Turkish citizen that Boki He falsely stated that these materials would not be exported to Iran and he was also accused of money laundering Is.

Turkey and Iran have extensive economic ties, and before that, the lawyers of a famous Turkish bank called “Hulk The Turkish state-owned bank in the United States has jurisdiction and therefore the indictment accusing it of helping Iran circumvent Washington sanctions should be withdrawn, a US appeals court said on Monday (April 23rd). .

Simon LatkovicLawyer Hulk The bank told the Manhattan Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the US government has no jurisdiction to sue the bank, and Hulk The bank has legal immunity in the United States because it is a state-owned bank.