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UN Experts Trace Recent Seized Arms to Iran, Violating Embargo
(Reuters) Louis Charbonneau - The UN Security Council's Panel of Experts on Iran has concluded that a shipment of rockets and other weapons that was seized by Israel came from Iran and represents a violation of the UN arms embargo on Tehran, according to a confidential report obtained by Reuters on Friday. The experts said the weapons were being sent to Sudan, a country which Western diplomatic and intelligence sources say has in the past been a conduit for Iranian arms shipments to Gaza. The Panamanian-flagged vessel Klos C was seized by the Israeli navy in March in the Red Sea before it reached Sudan. Despite Iranian denials, the experts said official seals from Iranian customs authorities on containers that held some of the arms "substantiates the Iranian origin of those containers." Further evidence on the Iranian origin came from the Iranian bill of lading, cargo manifest and the container stowage plan.