NEW YORK, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on

Friday declined to reconsider its ruling allowing the federal

government to prosecute Turkey's Halkbank on charges

it helped Iran evade American sanctions.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

in October rejected the Turkish lender's argument that it

deserved immunity because it was state owned.

In Friday's order, the 2nd Circuit denied Halkbank's request

that all of its active judges review the case, known as en banc

review.

(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston and Luc Cohen in New York)