[kabar]

More than likely the nuclear material was destined for Iran with Syria just being the transit point. There is plenty of air traffic between Iran and Syria.

[romanesq]

“More than likely the nuclear material was destined for Iran with Syria just being the transit point. There is plenty of air traffic between Iran and Syria.”

Actually this is more likely part of the diversified plan Iran is employing with their nuclear program. By having this segment in Syria it protects them from detection and accusation of exceeding international requirements on the IAEA.
Since Syria is not a signatory, they can share the benefits without the risk.

Or so they thought.

[JasonC]

I doubt very much they would risk it in the air, let alone over Iraq. No, Iran wants its proxies to be able to deliver to the intended target, which is Israel. So Syria, Hezbollah, and Hamas are the intended end users, not Iran. Iran is just paying for it and has a say in when to use any of it...