How Erdoğan’s confidant helped Iran finance terror

A Turkish energy magnate with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has played a central role in helping Iran finance its terror proxies in recent years, enabling the regime to evade sanctions and sell billions of dollars worth of oil, according to a POLITICO investigation.

Sitki Ayan has acted as a middleman between Iran’s regime and buyers in China and Russia, channeling the proceeds back to the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards and the paramilitary Quds Force, which has used the money to finance foreign terror groups including Hezbollah.

 
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Πηγή: politico.eu