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UN: Iran sends arms to Syria and Taliban
DEBKAfile June 30, 2012, 4:25 PM (GMT+02:00) A US Security Council-appointed panel records Iranian weapons shipments to Syria in violation of UN arms embargo on arms supplies to and from Iran. Western diplomats say they are encouraged by Russia refraining from blocking the report’s release in early June, as it has before. Three large illegal shipments are documented in the outgoing year – two to Syria and one to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Three additional Iranian firms are recommended for UN sanctions.