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BERLIN - The German government has reportedly issued a warning that Iranian and Syrian weapons makers are using cutting-edge German technology poached by Russian criminals. Berlin has circulated an alert about the scam to several German firms, Focus magazine reports in its Monday edition. “Leading-edge (German) technology sold in a completely legal fashion to Russian enterprises and research institutes has been transmitted immediately to Iranian and Syrian workshops manufacturing missiles,” the magazine said, quoting from a warning letter to “numerous German enterprises”. Iran used German measuring instruments and propulsion and control systems in its Shahab-3 missile, which with its 3,500-kilometre...

European powers will offer Iran a deal next week in a final bid to persuade Iran to curtail its nuclear programs before the issue is referred to the UN Security Council, the United States has said.The announcement on Friday followed a senior meeting of the Group of Eight industrial powers in Washington where the UK, France and Germany detailed a package of 'carrots and sticks' meant to persuade Iran to halt all uranium enrichment activities that could enable it to build a bomb in Iran.The offer includes a committment to resume stalled talks on an EU-Iran trade agreement and guarantee...