German prosecutor plans to hunt for companies in business with Iranian regime

NCRI, 03 September 2010- A German newspaper revealed on Thursday that the country’s prosecutor is pursuing companies that have helped the Iranian regime in the fields of missile technology and the production of unmanned drones. The companies are thought to be located in the central province of Westfalen.
According to Deutsche Welle radio, Westen daily said, “A manufacturer of jet engines sold 30 engines to Iran which can be used in unmanned drones. The company tried to cover up the sale by indicating that they are on route to Dubai instead.”
The city of Aachen’s prosecutor has also filed a complaint against a company that intended to sell parts used in arms development to the Iranian regime, disguising them as generators, according to the paper.
The German federal prosecutor has accused a 65 year old German and a 52 year old Iranian national of selling a special oven to the Iranian regime that is used to strengthen missiles and warheads. The two are scheduled to appear in a provincial court in Dusseldorf.
German security officials have concluded that so far about 100 front companies are working in Germany and use similar methods to obtain modern military equipment for the Iranian regime, according to the report.
In November 2009, German customs agents confiscated a number of shipments at Frankfurt’s national airport during Operation Early Bird, the paper added. The shipments’ destination was declared to be Russia but in fact they were on route to Bushehr’s nuclear reactor in Iran through Dubai.
On July 1, customs officials also confiscated Siemens-manufactured computing devices and switches. The equipment did not carry the Siemens logo and was being shipped through multiple complex routes to Iran.