--- title: "Turkey revokes operating license of Iran's Bank Mellat" description: "Most outlets reported that Turkey revoked the operating license of Iran’s Bank Mellat, citing official notices and the banking regulator’s action. A few also mentioned that the bank has been under Western sanctions for years and linked the move to broader US economic pressure. The framing was largely consistent, with minor variations in the level of detail provided about the sanctions history and the regulatory body involved." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9356-turkiye-revokes-operating-licence-of-iran-s-mellat-bank-amid site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Turkey revokes operating license of Iran's Bank Mellat world · updated 20 Sep 2026, 2:38 AM PKT · 19–20 Sep 2026 · 6 articles from 4 outlets over 2 developments **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Turkey's banking regulator revoked the operating license of Iran’s Mellat Bank in Istanbul, citing a notice in the Official Gazette and linking the move to US pressure on countries to intensify economic measures. 24 News HD provided slightly more context by mentioning the involvement of the BDDK and the broader economic context, while Arab News Pakistan framed the story more briefly, focusing on the action itself and the US measures as background. ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 20 Sep 2026 — Turkey revokes licence of Iran’s Bank Mellat (1 outlet) - **Business Recorder** — [Turkey revokes licence of Iran’s Bank Mellat](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440342/turkey-revokes-licence-of-irans-bank-mellat) · 20 Sep 2026, 2:38 AM PKT > ANKARA: Turkey has revoked the licence of Iran’s Bank Mellat, a semi-private financial entity that has been subject to Western sanctions for years, the official gazette said early Saturday. The decision was announced some two weeks after Washington slapped sanctions on a Turkish bank over alleged ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) although it was not immediately clear wheth... ### 19 Sep 2026 — Turkey revokes operating license of Iran's Bank Mellat (3 outlets) > Most outlets reported that Turkey revoked the operating license of Iran’s Bank Mellat, citing official notices and the banking regulator’s action. A few also mentioned that the bank has been under Western sanctions for years and linked the move to broader US economic pressure. The framing was largely consistent, with minor variations in the level of detail provided about the sanctions history and the regulatory body involved. - **24 News HD** — [Turkey revokes licence of Iran's Bank Mellat](https://www.24newshd.tv/19-Sep-2026/turkey-revokes-licence-iran-s-bank-mellat) · 19 Sep 2026, 5:56 PM PKT > Turkey has revoked the licence of Iran's Bank Mellat, a semi-private financial entity that has been subject to Western sanctions for years, the official gazette said early Saturday. - **ARY News (English)** — [Turkey revokes operating license of Iran’s Mellat Bank](https://arynews.tv/turkey-revokes-operating-license-of-irans-mellat-bank) · 19 Sep 2026, 1:54 PM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing > "It has been ​decided to revoke the operating license of ⁠Bank Mellat, Head Office in Tehran, ​Istanbul Turkey Central Branch," the notice... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [Turkiye revokes operating license of Iran’s Mellat Bank amid US measures](https://www.arabnews.pk/middle-east/turkiye-revokes-operating-license-of-irans-mellat-bank-amid-us-measures-3001679) · 19 Sep 2026, 3:16 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing 6 articles from 4 outlets, 19–20 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.