[AP/International Herald Tribune] Iran's Revolutionary Guard is using Iran's embassy in Baghdad to coordinate covert operations in Iraq, Mohammad Mohadessin, a spokesman for the Paris-based National Council Resistance of Iran, an Iranian opposition group, claimed Saturday. He named four diplomats at the embassy as senior Guard officers, including the ambassador, Kazemi Qomi. "They are directly responsible for supervising the transfer of shipments of weapons and ammunition...from Iran to (the Guard's) proxy forces in Iraq," Mohadessin said. Because large chunks of Iran's exports and imports are conducted by companies controlled by the Guard, "a major portion of the $40 billion in EU trade is now done with (the Guard), its affiliates and its front companies."
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