Iran ‘getting help with missiles’

TWO German businessmen, a former Russian military officer and North Korea are among those helping Iran develop missiles the West fears could one day carry nuclear warheads, diplomats and intelligence officials say.

Last month, German federal prosecutors charged two German citizens with espionage for helping a foreign intelligence agency acquire dual-use “delivery system” technology. The prosecutors announced the charge of espionage last week but did not name the country involved.

The two German men have been accused of “having sold a vibration testing facility in 2001 and 2002 on behalf of a foreign military intelligence procurement entity,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement on its website.