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Source: http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/27/the-nuclear-puppet-master/
Iran's Nuclear Puppet-Master
(Macleans-Canada) Charlie Gillis and David Armstrong - Iranian-born Canadian Mahmoud Yadegari contacted 118 companies across North America and sent more than 2,000 emails to suppliers in hopes of getting his hands on parts used in the enrichment of uranium for nuclear fuel. His "handler" in Tehran, Nima Tabari, steered Yadegari through the forest of manufacturers, suppliers and middlemen capable of providing the parts Iran so desperately seeks. Tabari is a living symbol of the Islamic republic's indifference toward UN sanctions and domestic criminal laws intended to stop it from getting the bomb. Investigators believe he has as many as a dozen agents working around the world. If the Yadegari case is any guide, Tabari spends most of his time looking for so-called "dual-use" parts that can be put to work in nuclear centrifuges.