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Iran buying illegal tech for weapons of mass destruction, German intel finds
The Jerusalem Post ^ | June 4, 2019, p. 1 | Benjamin Weinthal

Posted on 06/04/2019 12:51:46 AM PDT by Steve Schulin

The Islamic Republic of Iran is involved in the illicit procurement of technology for weapons of mass destruction, the German intelligence agency for the northern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wrote in its May report.

In the 206-page report, that was reviewed by The Jerusalem Post, the intelligence agents wrote: “The fight against the illegal proliferation of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons of mass destruction and the materials needed for their manufacture, as well as the corresponding delivery systems [e.g. rockets], including the necessary knowledge, in cooperation with other authorities, is also the responsibility of counterintelligence.”

The intelligence report continued, “From these points of view, it is essentially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [North Korea] and the Syrian Arab Republic that need to be mentioned. The intelligence services of these countries, in many ways, are involved in unlawful procurement activities in the field of proliferation, using globally oriented, conspiratorial business and commercial structures.”

The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern security officials noted that Iran’s regime, the Russian Federation and China are the main engines of intelligence gathering and should be viewed within a “security-related” context.

The report covers the year 2018 and was published just days after a damning Bavarian state intelligence report on Iran’s illicit activities.

According to the Bavarian report, Iran’s regime is “making efforts to expand its conventional arsenal of weapons with weapons of mass destruction.” The Bavarian agents define weapons of mass destruction as “the spread of atomic, biological [and] chemical weapons of mass destruction.”

Iran was termed a “risk country” in the 335-page Bavarian document outlining serious threats to the security and democracy of the state of Bavaria.

German domestic intelligence agencies are situated in each of the country’s 16 states and are roughly equivalent to the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).

The Bavarian report noted that the country’s criminal customs police prevented an electronic beam-welding machine from being sold to Iran.

“The machine can be used for the production of [missile] launch vehicles,” said the document.

According to the report, extensive attempts were made “to disguise the actual customer in Iran” with respect to the machine. The real end-user was in Iran but the illicit activity said the end-user company was in Malaysia. The efforts to illegally bypass German export control regulations resulted in a criminal conviction of the director of the Bavarian-based company that sought to sell the welding machine to Iran.

The Bavarian agency said it will continue “to monitor whether Iran consistently and consequently complies with the agreement signed in July 2015.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; Israel; Japan; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
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The thread title is from the print edition of the paper. The online version of the article is titled "GERMAN INTEL: IRAN BUYING ILLEGAL TECHNOLOGY FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION | New report also confirms Iran's purchase of missile technology to manufacture 'nuclear, biological or chemical weapons of mass destruction.'"
1 posted on 06/04/2019 12:51:46 AM PDT by Steve Schulin
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To: Steve Schulin

Iran has the cash thanks to Obama


2 posted on 06/04/2019 1:00:46 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-mob)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Yes. Courtesy of O’Stench and horseface


3 posted on 06/04/2019 1:32:28 AM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Erik Latranyi

Most all of that Obama-cash was flushed out to the VIP class and their friends (if in Dollars or Euro), then sent out of country to safe banks in Dubai...awaiting the economic downfall of the regime. The banking system in Iran has no ability to survive....the public now believes mass chaos is just around the corner.


4 posted on 06/04/2019 1:46:23 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Erik Latranyi

Bingo! How about that, cash buys things, something B. Hussein and John Kohn “Kerry” seem to have forgotten....or maybe not. After all this is the same administration that reinforced the enemy with 200 Gitmo releases and released 5 Taliban commanders for a defector to the enemy.


5 posted on 06/04/2019 1:54:50 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: Steve Schulin

People are presumed to intend the natural consequences of their actions.

It has always been obvious to anyone that the necessary result of giving Iran $150 billion was that Iran would have more to spend, and would therefore spend more, on its terror proxies around the world, on buying more and more powerful conventional weapons, and on developing nuclear weapons.

Therefore that must have been what President Obama intended when he gave them the money.


6 posted on 06/04/2019 2:15:42 AM PDT by JOHN ADAMS
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To: Steve Schulin

Read: “ Iran is involved in the illicit procurement of technology for weapons of mass destruction...from Germany where all those goods are on sale from Socialist Merkel.”


7 posted on 06/04/2019 2:23:34 AM PDT by TonytheTiger7777
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To: Erik Latranyi

Exactly. Obama is taking VJ marching orders telling Iran not to call President Trump’s bait. How Outrageous is that?!?


8 posted on 06/04/2019 4:20:09 AM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: Steve Schulin

I wonder how much of the illegal tech is being purchased from members of the EU?


9 posted on 06/04/2019 4:26:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Steve Schulin

But, but, the INSPECTIONS would have caught.... *SMH*

What? No pic yet of Capt. Obvious? Boy, this forum has really gone down-hill /s


10 posted on 06/04/2019 5:07:49 AM PDT by i_robot73 (One could not count the number of *solutions*, if only govt followed\enforced the Constitution.)
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is involved in the illicit procurement of technology for weapons of mass destruction

No doubt that John Kerry was the facilitator in these transactions


11 posted on 06/04/2019 6:13:48 AM PDT by eyeamok
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