The Latest: Jury selection postponed in Iran sanctions case

Source: Washington Post

A judge has postponed jury selection for one week in a federal trial surrounding a conspiracy to help Iran evade economic sanctions.

The move comes after U.S. District Judge Richard Berman held a locked-door session with attorneys in the case against Reza Zarrab (RAY-zah ZA-rahb) and others.

Lawyers for a co-defendant of Zarrabs were in Manhattan federal court Monday. But Zarrab was a no-show. He was arrested while visiting the U.S. in 2016. Zarrab is a citizen of Turkey and Iran. The case has strained diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Turkey.

Zarrab had not participated in pre-trial activities for weeks. Earlier this year, he hired former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey to try and broker a diplomatic solution to the case.

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