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Iran Still on the Hunt for Nuclear Weapons Technology Across Germany
(Weekly Standard) Benjamin Weinthal - German intelligence reports shows the Tehran regime is working to illegally obtain technology and know-how to advance its nuclear weapons and missile programs, despite the 2015 agreement to curb its nuclear program. A report from the state of Hamburg noted that the federal prosecutor filed criminal charges against three German citizens for violations of the export law due to deliveries of 51 special valves to an Iranian company that can be used for the Arak heavy water reactor. A report from Baden-Wurttemberg's state intelligence agency outlines the technology Iran is seeking: "Products and scientific know-how for the field of developing weapons of mass destruction as well [as] missile technology." Iran's illegal procurement and terrorist activities are cited 49 times in the report. A third intelligence report from last month, from another German state, says that in 2016, "German companies located in Rhineland-Palatinate were contacted for illegal procurement attempts by [Pakistan, North Korea and Iran]."