Aitken cleared on Iran arms

LONDON - Former British Cabinet minister, Mr Jonathan Aitken, said he was "delighted" yesterday after a committee of MPs cleared…

LONDON - Former British Cabinet minister, Mr Jonathan Aitken, said he was "delighted" yesterday after a committee of MPs cleared him of any wrong doing in the Arms to Iran affair.

The Trade and Industry Select Committee said allegations against Mr Aitken over his former directorship of the Grantham based BMARC arms firm had not been substantiated.