Discovered arms smuggling between Italy and Iran: Tehran thinks of revenge against Italy

Yesterday we gave the news of the arrest of seven people, including five Italians and two Iranians suspected of belonging to the Iranian secret services, involved in trafficking arms to Iran. Yesterday evening have been released the names of those arrested and there have been surprises.

Those arrested are Alessandro Bon, 43 years, owner of Antares in Varese, his partner, Danila Maffei, 40, Arnaldo La Scala, 45, a associate with Bon, Raffaele Rossi Patriarca, lawyer of Turin, which according to the survey had traveled to Iran to contact army officers, for the purchase of armaments. Finally Guglielmo Savi, 56, owner of a telecommunications company, the Sirio srl. But the biggest surprise was discovering that the two Iranians arrested in Italy is the equivalent of IRIB, the Iranian state radio and television that has a site in Italian and that always stands out for its ultra-extremist and anti-Semitic positions . The journalist in question is called Masoumi Hamid Nejad, Iran's familiar face in television and even credited in the press room of foreign in italian . The other Iranian arrested is Damirchiloo Ali, 55 years resident in Turin. Currently fugitives and sought other two Iranians suspected of being undercover agents of Tehran, Hamir Reza and Homayoun bakhtiyari.

The surveys, conducted by the deputy prosecutor in Milan, Armando Spataro, have revealed a dense network of business between the Italians and the Iranian regime, interweaving that still has not been fully revealed, especially as regards the system of triangulation which allowed the group to circumvent the control device of the embargo on weapons and military technology undergone by the regime in Tehran.

What we know for certain is that the "final jump" that is the terminus of the triangles are in Dubai in United Arab Emirates and concluded that the affairs concerning both military equipment to use the "very special" (pointers to sniper rifles, self jackets, parachutes etc.. etc..) and a material of high chemical explosive hazard. Besides this in the last hours were identified helicopters (nine) sold by the gang to the Iranians is currently locked in Mali. But the most disturbing, if confirmed, is attempting to come into possession of material for the construction of thermo-chemical dirty bombs. According to the wiretaps when the Iranians have requested that type of material to the Italians, have heard that "it was too dangerous," but not something that made him desist from their research. Note how, helicopters aside, the rest is all material suitable for terrorist use or targeted actions.

According to our sources in Iran since yesterday evening, the Iranian regime, literally mad for Italian opera, would have ordered the secret services and the Revolutionary Guard to study a form of retaliation against Italy. It is feared that the regime tried to blame some Italian citizen, resident or transfer to Iran of spying and thereby make an arrest with maximum fanfare. We therefore feel it would be very helpful for the foreign ministry to issue a "Notice of attention" for Italian citizens who work or for other reasons, are resident or passing through Iran.

The tension between Italy and Iran has been increasing in recent weeks after the Italian government had taken a firm position on both the right and the Iranian nuclear program that Tehran's threat to Israel, a position it had taken so far as to attack the Italian embassy in Tehran . Now this legitimate operation of the Italian judiciary is likely to precipitate things and feared other acts anti-Italian. Of course, we hope to be wrong and that nothing happens, but knowing the Iranian regime believe that the level of attention should be kept very high.