CANADA/POLITICS - A Toronto man has been charged with attempting to ship devices to Iran to be used to make enriched uranium for nuclear weapons.
Mahmoud Yadegari, 38, of Toronto, came to Canada from Iran in 1998, and was arrested today at his north Toronto home without incident. He is charged with attempting to procure and export 10 items known as 'pressure transducers' under the Customs Act and Export Import Permits Act and under the United Nations Act, Iran Regulations. More charges are pending in this high profile arrest.
The transducers are used in centrifuges to produce enriched uranium, have a legitimate commercial use but can also be used for military purposes. Yedegari was attempting to ship the transducers from Boston to Toronto and on to Dubai, with Iran as the final destination. Police allege he took steps to conceal the identification of the transducers so he could export them overseas without export permits.
Iran insists it is enriching uranium to produce nuclear energy for civilian purposes, but the United States and some European countries accuse Tehran of secretly seeking to build nuclear weapons.
In recent years Iran has also bought missile technology from both China and Russia.
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