Sunday, June 6, 2010

Iran using Dubai to smuggle nuclear components


Iran is using the Gulf port of Dubai to smuggle sophisticated electronic and computer equipment for its controversial uranium enrichment program that are banned under United Nations sanctions.

In the latest deal, an Iranian company associated with the regime's nuclear program has acquired control systems from one of Germany's leading electronics manufacturers. The deal was negotiated with a prominent Dubai trading company, which then sold Iran a range of electronic equipment for use at its Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

Details of the deal have emerged amid mounting concern in the West that Tehran has ended its self-imposed suspension of its nuclear weapons program. A National Intelligence Estimate issued by US intelligence agencies in late 2007 concluded that Iran had suspended its attempts to build an atom bomb in 2003.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7805736/Iran-using-Dubai-to-smuggle-nuclear-components.html