Yemen: Iranian arms confirmed?
More evidence of Iranian involvement in Yemen arms smuggling.
Arms Seized Off Coast of Yemen Appear to Have Been Made in Iran
Photographs recently released by the Australian government show that light anti-armor weapons seized from a smuggling vessel near Yemen’s coast appear to have been manufactured in Iran, further suggesting that Tehran has had a hand in a high-seas gunrunning operation to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
The weapons, a selection of at least nine rocket-propelled grenade launchers, were among thousands of weapons seized by an Australian warship, the Darwin, in February from an Iranian dhow that was sailing under the name Samer.
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Source: nytimes.com
