The UN is investigating two North Korean missile and arms companies suspected of operating in Iran in possible violation of international sanctions, according to a report by a U.N. panel of experts.
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“There's an active investigation into who exactly is at the North Korean embassy in Tehran and what they're doing there,” Griffiths said.The U.N. panel previously documented how KOMID was operating in Iran until 2016 with the help of North Korean diplomats, whom Iran eventually expelled.
The U.N. panel wrote to Iran requesting copies of passports of all North Korean diplomats in Iran but so far, Tehran has not supplied the requested information, according to the report. The passport details include the two North Korean representatives, Kim Yong Chol and Jang Jung Son, identified during 2014-2016 as allegedly carrying cash on flights between Tehran and Dubai.
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