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To: goldworldnet who wrote (371336)	7/6/2010 7:34:19 PM
From: average joe	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) of 793881

A Toronto man has been found guilty of trying to send devices to Iran that could be used to build nuclear weapons. A judge today convicted Mahmoud Yadegari of nine of the 10 charges he was facing — he was acquitted of one count of forgery. He will be sentenced July 29. Mr. Yadegari, 36, was arrested in April 2009 after a joint eight-week investigation by the RCMP and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He is believed to be the only Canadian ever charged under the United Nations Act. Mr. Yadegari was also charged under the Criminal Code, the Customs Act and the Export and Import Permits Act, as well as provisions in Canada's Nuclear Safety and Control Act. Some of the offences Mr. Yadegari was found guilty of carry maximum sentences of 10 years in prison and $500,000 fines. The case has received international attention and even the notice of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In February, Mr. Ahmadinejad proposed that Mr. Yadegari be included in a swap of Iranians in U.S. prisons for three American hikers being held in Tehran. The Iranian-born businessman used his small company, operated out of his Toronto home, to try to export to Iran via Dubai two of 10 pressure transducers he purchased from a U.S. company. The hand-sized instruments convert pressure measurements into electrical signals for computers and other electronic devices. They have benign applications but can be used in the enrichment of uranium for nuclear weapons. 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. At a news conference following his arrest, police said Mr. Yadegari purchased the transducers from a Boston-area company for about $1,100 each. Police said the company alerted authorities. Mr. Yadegari is a Canadian citizen who emigrated from Iran in 1998. theglobeandmail.com

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