Canadian accused of supplying Iran’s missile program

A Canadian Iranian who worked for German Intelligence, the BND, shipped out machinery which can be used for Iran's missile program. Apparently this guy was one of Germany's most valued agent in Iran. National Post

OTTAWA - An Iranian-Canadian businessman who spied on Iran for Germany has been arrested in Frankfurt on suspicion of using his companies to support Iran's missile program, a German news magazine reports.

The magazine Der Spiegel says the 61-year-old man, identified only by his code name, "Sinbad," holds dual Canadian and Iranian citizenship and spied for the German foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), for more than a decade.

With the knowledge of the BND, the man set up a company in Canada and another in Germany, which helped provide him with a cover for extensive world travel, it says.

But he reportedly failed to tell the agency he was using one of the companies to allegedly ship machinery to an Iranian company blacklisted by Berlin on suspicions it was involved in Iran's ballistic missile program. The magazine does not identify which of the two companies was allegedly involved, though his detention by authorities suggests it was the German firm.

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