Turkey's Erdogan Says Will Not Succumb to U.S. 'Blackmail' Over Court Case

On Sunday, Turkish President Erdogan said Turkey would not succumb to “blackmail” by the United States in the trial of a Turkish bank executive being charged with evading U.S. sanctions on Iran. Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab, who is cooperating with U.S. prosecutors, detailed in court, about a scheme to evade U.S. sanctions. On Thursday, Zarrab said that when Erdogan was prime minister he had authorized a transaction to help Iran evade U.S. sanctions.