(Fox News) Jennifer Griffin - Unit 190, a secret arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force, has for years been smuggling arms to conflict zones across the Middle East and North Africa. According to Western intelligence sources, Behnam Shahariyari is a key player in Unit 190, running a network of straw companies which skirt sanctions by packing RPGs, night-vision equipment and long-range rockets together with powdered milk, cement and spare vehicle parts. "Very often arms and explosives were placed in trucks underneath legal cargo in order to hide them," said Michael Eisenstadt, director of Military and Security Studies for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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