Sunday, August 26, 2018

Iran Red Mercury

welcome back to war..."it knowingly exported 120 tonnes of a substance called dimethylamine to Iran in March 2003 without a permit issued by the Council for the nonproliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction." The company is fined R100,000 (c. $17,000 USD). It appears that the requirement that exporters of dimethylamine obtain an export permit was introduced after African Amines contracted to supply the chemical but before the shipment actually took place. Although African Amines applied for an export permit it did not wait for a permit to be issued before shipping the chemicals to Iran. ..."

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