DUSHANBE, May 2, 2013, Asia-Plus  -- Top managers of Kont Investment Bank say the bank now has nothing to do with Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani.  They consider that the U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to freeze the bank’s assets is absolutely unfounded.

Kont Investment Bank head Fayzullo Solehov says the bank still works in the previous regime and they have not yet received any notification from the U.S. Treasury Department.

Sangin Rajabov, a lawyer with Kont Investment Bank, claims that the bank has nothing to with Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani.

“The head of Kont Kozmetik, which controls the bank, was replaced on January 22, 2013,” said the lawyer.  “Turkish national, Ms. Merve Irmak, is now heads Kont Kozmetik and Mr. Babak Zanjani now has nothing to do with Kont Kozmetik, our bank, Asian Express Airline and Asian Express Terminal.”

According to him, they several weeks ago sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department, noting that Mr. Babak Zanjani now has nothing to do with Kont Investment Bank.

Kont Investment Bonk was established in Tajikistan in 2011.