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The US punishes Turkey's bank, saying it helped Iran move money.

The US punishes Turkey's bank, saying it helped Iran move money.

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September 5th, 2026

The US punishes Turkey's bank, saying it helped Iran move money.

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The Trump government said on Friday it would punish the Turkish bank. The bank is Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi.

特朗普政府周五宣布对土耳其金融机构Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi实施制裁

The US Treasury said this bank helped Iran move oil money from China to Turkey.

美国财政部这家银行帮助伊朗把石油收入从中国转到土耳其

Then the money was changed into cash and gold.

然后这些钱被换成现金黄金

The US said the bank knew Iran was punished. But it still gave Iran bank services.

美方这家银行知道伊朗受到制裁还是给它提供银行服务。

This is part of a plan started by Treasury Secretary Bessent.

这是财政部长贝森特发起的一个计划的一部分

The plan is called "Operation Economic Exile."

这个计划经济放逐行动”。

Its goal is to cut Iran's "important financial lifeline."

它的目的切断伊朗的重要金融生命线”。

Bessent said that financial groups linked to Iran will pay a price.

贝森特说与伊朗有联系的金融机构会付出代价

But he hopes the world will stop supporting Iran's government on its own.

但他希望国际社会能主动停止支持伊朗政府

He warned: "We know you, and we know where you are."

他警告说:“我们知道你们是谁知道你们在哪里。”

But the US has not yet reached its goal. It wants Iran's main trade partners to stop contact with Iran.

不过美国想让伊朗的主要贸易伙伴停止与伊朗联系这个目标还没有实现

The US earlier said there would be an "Economic D-Day." But it quickly became warnings and talks.

美国之前说会有“经济D日”,但很快变成了警告和谈判

Last week, the US only limited one Egyptian bank's business in the UAE. It did not use sanctions.

上周美国只限制一家埃及银行在阿联酋的业务没有实施制裁

This shows the US does not want to punish main trade partners.

这说明美国不想惩罚主要贸易伙伴

One day before the US said the sanctions, Turkey's state bank Halkbank made a deal. The deal was with the US Justice Department.

在宣布制裁的前一天土耳其国有银行Halkbank与美国司法部达成和解

This case lasted nine years and involved Iran sanctions.

这个案件持续了九年涉及伊朗制裁

The case was about moving about 20 billion dollars from Iran's oil money. This was done in a way that was not legal.

案件涉及约200亿美元伊朗石油收入的非法转移。

This case once made US-Turkey relations tense.

这个案件让美土关系变得紧张

Turkey's President Erdogan once asked the White House personally to drop the case.

土耳其总统埃尔多安亲自游说白宫希望撤销此案

September 5th, 2026

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