Germany arrests man who sent nuclear equipment to Iran

BERLIN – Police German arrested a German-Iranian man suspected of exporting equipment for use in Iran’s nuclear and missile programs in violation of European Union (EU) sanctions.

Germany’s federal prosecutor revealed the arrests on Wednesday (15/9/2021)

“Police searched 11 locations, including apartments and offices in the states of Hamburg, Schleswig Holstein and North Rhine-Westphalia in connection with the suspect,” the statement said.

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The suspect, identified only as Alexander J, has delivered $1.3 million worth of equipment to an Iranian whose company in Iran is blacklisted by the European Union (EU) as a cover for procuring equipment for its nuclear and missile programs.

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Germany’s attorney general said the suspect was approached in 2018 and 2019 for the procurement of laboratory equipment.

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He shipped two spectrometers purchased for $196,250 to Iran in January 2020, and six months later shipped two others, purchased for $458,705.

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