(AFP/Yahoo) Iran is continuing to buy parts for centrifuges abroad, often skirting sanctions and export controls, Western intelligence officials said this week. According to a non-U.S. intelligence official, "There are companies all over Europe involved." "Iranian scientists, including nuclear scientists, are coming and going also to and from China," the official said. Analysts said Iran uses front companies to get around export controls on sensitive equipment.
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