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Wed 03 Mar 2009US claims Irish firm broke embargo on Iran
AN IRISH trading company and three of its officers have been charged with buying helicopter engines and other aircraft parts from American suppliers and illegally exporting them to Iran.
According to a 25-count indictment made public in Washington yesterday, Sligo-based Mac Aviation shipped some of the parts to an Iranian military firm the US government believes to be “owned or controlled by entities involved in Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programme”.
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