IPhone Access Rights Disputed in Turkish Gold Trader’s Detention
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Reza Zarrab, shown in Istanbul in 2013.
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U.S. customs agents can demand access to travelers’ mobile phones to see if they might pose a terrorist risk, a federal prosecutor said.
That assertion is being challenged by a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who says his rights were violated at a Miami airport when U.S. officials demanded he provide his passwords for his iPhone and iPad prior to his detention on charges he helped violate international sanctions against Iran.