[Wall Street Journal] Glenn R. Simpson and Jay Solomon - U.S. security and law-enforcement officials say they have fresh evidence of recent efforts by Iran to evade sanctions and acquire metals from China used in high-tech weaponry, including long-range nuclear missiles. One Iranian company, ABAN Commercial and Industrial Ltd., has contracted through an intermediary for more than 30,000 kilograms of tungsten copper - which can be used in missile guidance systems - from Advanced Technology and Materials Co. Ltd. of Beijing. The United Arab Emirates has informed the U.S. that in September it intercepted a Chinese shipment headed to Iran of specialized aluminum sheets that can be used to make ballistic missiles. A month earlier, UAE officials also intercepted an Iran-bound shipment of titanium sheets that can be used in long-range missiles.
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