Posted on 04/02/2010 8:00:26 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
How an Iranian business with close ties to the country's nuclear program obtained restricted equipment for enriching uranium is the focus of multiple investigations being conducted by western agencies.
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday night that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and western intelligence agencies have been probing the Iranian firm's procurement of "critical valves and vacuum gauges" since Jan. 14.
The IAEA launched its investigation after receiving a tip that the equipment allegedly reached the Iranian business through a Chinese company's intermediary.
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Valves and Gauges.
Ahhh yes ... the black market Granger catalogs.
and the Chinese got from the US during the Clinton years, just as they received so much more technical stuff thru Clinton's deals.
*ping*
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3871248,00.html
“Report: Iran gets parts needed for uranium enrichment”
SNIPPET: “Wall Street Journal says little-known Tehran firm linked to Islamic Republic’s nuclear program was able to acquired special hardware despite sanctions”
News agencies
Published: 04.03.10, 09:53 / Israel News
SNIPPET: “The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and western intelligence agencies are probing how an Iranian firm linked to Tehran’s nuclear program acquired special uranium enrichment hardware, despite sanctions intended to keep such equipment out of Iran.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Javedan Mehr Toos, an Iranian procurement firm linked to the Islamic Republic’s enrichment program, has been able to acquire critical valves and vacuum gauges made by a French company formally owned by US industrial conglomerate Tyco International.”
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