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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Pakistani scientist sold centrifuge parts to Iran for $3 million, Malaysian police say, citing middleman.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan sold centrifuge parts to Iran for its nuclear program in the mid-1990s for $3 million in cash, police said Friday, citing the deal's middleman.
Buhary Syed Abu Tahir, the alleged chief financier of an international nuclear trafficking network run by Khan, told Malaysian police that the scientist asked him to send two containers of used centrifuge parts from Pakistan to Iran in 1994 or 1995.
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