Reza Zarrab case: Turkey attacks US justice system

Turkey has attacked the US judicial system after a controversial gold trader told a New York court he had bribed a Turkish government minister.

Representative Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said the Turkish-Iranian merchant, Reza Zarrab, had been "constrained into submitting attack".

Mr Zarrab said he had paid the rewards to encourage manages Iran, which was under approvals at the time.

The case has stressed relations amongst Ankara and Washington.

Mr Zarrab had been expected to go on trial yet is presently the arraignment's star witness subsequent to confessing.

He is affirming against Turkish broker Mehmet Hakan Atilla on a progression of worldwide debasement assertions that achieve the largest amounts of the Turkish government.

Mr Zarrab was captured by US authorities in 2016 for purportedly plotting to dodge US sanctions against Iran, taking part in a huge number of dollars worth of exchanges in the interest of the legislature of Tehran, tax evasion and bank extortion.In court, Mr Zarrab said he had paid Zafer Caglayan, then Turkey's economy minister, bribes amounting to more than 50m euros ($59m; £44m).
The Turkish government had previously said that Mr Caglayan acted within Turkish and international law.Mr Zarrab additionally depicted how he ran a global tax evasion conspire went for helping Iran get around US sanctions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's legislature has said the case is manufactured for political reasons.

Addressing state-run news organization Anadolu, Mr Bozdag called the trial a "theater".