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China Firm Sold Illegal Nuke Materials to Iran: Prosecutors

Company said to have sent tons of supplies, breaching UN rules

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(Newser) – New York officials today charged a Chinese businessman with illegally selling tons of materials to Iran that could be used to make rockets and nuclear weapons, the New York Times reports. Sales in 2006-08 of tungsten and other metals, often through shell firms, break UN rules, prosecutors say. Li Fang Wei and his firm, Limmt Economic and Trade Company, are charged with conspiracy and falsifying business records.

Russian Atomic Agency Chief Sergei Kiriyenko, left, and Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, seen during a joint press in Iran, Feb. 25, 2009.
Russian Atomic Agency Chief Sergei Kiriyenko, left, and Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, seen during a joint press in Iran, Feb. 25, 2009.   (AP Photo)
Shown is a nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, which has long raised concerns in the US.
Shown is a nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, which has long raised concerns in the US.   (AP Photo)
Iran's nuclear chief, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, leaves a 2007 meeting in Tehran.
Iran's nuclear chief, Gholamreza Aghazadeh, leaves a 2007 meeting in Tehran.   (AP Photo)
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TerrifiedCitizen
Apr 7, 09 6:02 PM CDT
Are there any solid reasons to believe if it wasn't for their money tied up over here, that they would give one Jiao what happens to us? Reply
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justme
Apr 7, 09 8:06 PM CDT
Is anyone surprised? Does anyone believe that the UN Security Council (China is a permanent member with a veto) will say anything bad about Iran's missle launch? Obama talks a good international cooperation game. I hope he's smart enough to see the joke in his own speeches. Reply
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SPH
Apr 7, 09 8:13 PM CDT
Gee I missed the Iranian missile launch,,,I heard it was North Korea...But fortunately there are enlightened fools like Justme....
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Anonymous
Apr 17, 09 12:19 PM CDT
OK... and the US still has the most nukes in the world... So Iran gets a couple... from china... this is no suprise... But I do think that the Iranian president is planning something conspicuous, but so is the US government and I am afraid that the US has something planned far worse than the Iranian government. Reply
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