President Tayyip Erdogan believes U.S. federal attorneys had ulterior motives in including references to him and his wife in court papers related to their prosecution of a gold trader, Turkish media on Sunday quoted him as saying. Reza Zarrab, a dual Turkish-Iranian national, was arrested in Miami in March. He was charged with helping Iran process millions of dollars in transactions that violated U.S. sanctions against Tehran in effect at the time. The 33-year-old businessman, who lived in Turkey, remains in custody in New York. He has pleaded not guilty. In court papers, U.S. Attorney for Manhattan Preet Bharara's ... (full story)