Seven men have been arrested in Italy for allegedly attempting to smuggle arms to Iran. Two Iranians among those arrested are suspected secret agents working for Tehran, police say. The remaining five were Italians working alongside them.
"Their system … often involved buying merchandise abroad and moving it between Italy and other nations to hide the final and real destination, which was Iran," Italian anti-terrorism prosecutor Armando Spataro told a news conference on Wednesday.
Tracer bullets, explosives from Eastern Europe, 1,000 German-made rifle sights and 120 military diving jackets, were among the goods that the Italian government prevented from being transported to Iran.
