Germany Arrests Man for Shipping Equipment for Iran’s Nuclear Program

Germany Arrests Man for Shipping Equipment for Iran’s Nuclear Program
A view of the reactor building is seen at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, in Bushehr, southern Iran, on Aug. 21, 2010. IIPA via Getty Images
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BERLIN—German police arrested a German-Iranian man suspected of exporting equipment to be used in Iran and missile programs in breach of European Union sanctions, Germany’s federal prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Police searched 11 locations, including apartments and offices in the states of Hamburg, Schleswig Holstein, and North Rhine-Westphalia linked to the suspect, the prosecutor said.