An Iranian national who lives in Montreal allegedly exported lab equipment that is controlled for nuclear nonproliferation reasons from the United States to Iran through Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kafrani and alleged co-conspirator, Seyed Reza Mirnezami, co-owned Prolife Global, Ltd., which was based in Canada but was active in the United States and elsewhere. In November 2015, Kafrani allegedly tried to buy mass spectrometry equipment from a U.S. business. He had the lab equipment shipped to Canada, then used a Canadian shipping company to reexport it to the UAE in September 2016. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPOne month later, Kafrani allegedly arranged for two more mass spectrometers to be shipped to Iran from the United States, through Canada and the UAE.

Source: Fox News August 01, 2021 00:11 UTC