Turkish bank appeals Iran sanctions decision to US Supreme Court


FILE PHOTO: People walk past a branch of Halkbank in central Istanbul, Turkey, January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkey's Halkbank asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling saying it can be prosecuted for allegedly helping Iran evade American sanctions, a U.S.-based lawyer for the bank said on Monday.

The Supreme Court had given Halkbank until Monday to file a petition appealing the October 22, 2024, decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan allowing the prosecution.

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