Karlsruhe,Germany - German police have arrested a man and are investigating two others in connection with the export of a high- technology furnace to help Iran's missile builders, federal prosecutors said Saturday. They said Mohsen A, aged 52, had been remanded in custodyon Friday on suspicion of breaching German laws that restrict exports of militarily useful items. Iran is under a UN embargo.
Police raided premises in four German states in connection with the July 2007 sale of the 1.4-million-euro (2.1-million-dollar) sale of the furnace. Investigators believe the furnace could have been used to make missile launcher components.
A German aged 64 and a dual Iranian-German national aged 49 were also under suspicion, the prosecutors in the southern city of Karlsruhe said. The suspects were accused of exporting a second furnace in July 2008 using a front company in Asia.
