Iran nuclear materials seized suspects in Seoul and Singapore

South Korea and Singapore have recently seized nuclear materials and military suspects to Iran in violation of the UN embargo to the Islamic Republic, diplomatic sources indicated. Both seizures were held over the last six months but have only now been revealed, the source said. "The South Korean authorities have discovered more than 400 tubes suspects in a cargo plane at the airport in Seoul in December," said a diplomat, on the basis of a report submitted to the Sanctions Committee on Iran Council UN Security.

The tubes could be used in nuclear facilities, according to the diplomat, who insisted on anonymity because he said the seizures had not been made public. "In September, the aluminum powder can be used in rockets was found in a ship in the port of Singapore," he also said. In both cases, the cargo was destined for Iran.

Another diplomat at the United Nations has confirmed the reports, saying the sanctions committee would consider them to be debated when the last expert report on the implementation of sanctions against the Tehran regime. "It will strengthen calls for a stricter application of the minimum current sanctions," the diplomat said, also on condition of anonymity.

"There are still too many countries which do not apply these measures," he said.

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