Zarrab said he had learned from Zafer Caglayan, the economy minister at the time, that Erdoan and then-treasury minister Ali Babacan had authorized two Turkish banks, Ziraat Bank and VakifBank, to move funds for Iran.
Zarrab afirmato che ha avevato da Zafer Caglayan, il ministero dell’economia a l’époque, che Erdoan e dall’aveuto ministero della trezorerie Ali Babacan ha autorizzato a doua banche turca, Ziraat Bank e VakifBank, a migliorare i fondi per l’Iran.