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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9241235/Iran-imported-over-350-million-of-weapons-in-three-years.html

Iran Imported $566 Million in Weapons Despite Arms Embargo

(Telegraph-UK) David Blair - Iran imported weapons worth $566 million over three years despite being the target of a UN arms embargo, Oxfam disclosed on Thursday. In all, ten countries subjected to arms embargos bought weaponry worth over $2.2 billion between 2000 and 2010, showing the ineffectiveness of current restrictions, said Anna MacDonald of Oxfam.

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