EghtesdaOnline: The case against a Turkish banker arrested at a New York airport last week moved a step closer to a trial after a U.S. grand jury accused him of conspiring to help Iran launder money through the U.S. financial system.

EghtesadOnline: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s part in helping defend a Turkish-Iranian businessman may come under more scrutiny in a Manhattan court.

EghtesadOnline: The biggest state-owned bank on Turkey’s stock market plunged the most on record on Wednesday after its deputy chief executive was arrested in the U.S., accused of using his position at the bank to help facilitate evasion of U.S. sanctions on Iran.

EghtesadOnline: When gold trader Reza Zarrab was taken from a U.S. jail after agreeing to testify about Turkish efforts to help Iranian sanctions evasion, speculation flourished about the luxe confines he might have found himself in.

EghtesadOnline: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani tried to meet with U.S. government officials and went to Turkey in an attempt to end the prosecution of a Turkish-Iranian businessman accused of helping Iran evade financial sanctions, according to prosecutors in Manhattan.