Intelligence Suppressed by Obama Administration : North Korea supplied several shipments of missile

Several missle component shipments have been made from North Korea to Iran since last September. Apparently the Obama administration knew about these shipments which may violate UN Sanctions but kept secret from the UN by the Obama team.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, right, welcomes North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yon September 16, 2014 Bill Gertz reporting for The Washington Free Beacon

April 15, 2015 5:00 am

North Korea supplied several shipments of missile components to Iran during recent nuclear talks and the transfers appear to violate United Nations sanctions on both countries, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

Since September more than two shipments of missile parts have been monitored by U.S. intelligence agencies as they transited from North Korea to Iran, said officials familiar with intelligence reports who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Details of the arms shipments were included in President Obama’s daily intelligence briefings and officials suggested information about the transfers was kept secret from the United Nations, which is in charge of monitoring sanctions violations.

Critics of the U.S.-led nuclear framework agreement reached in Switzerland earlier this month have said one major deficiency of the accord is its failure to address Iran’s missile program, considered a key nuclear delivery system for the Islamist regime.

CIA spokesman Ryan Trapani declined to comment on the missile component shipments, citing a policy of not discussing classified information.

But other officials said the transfers included goods covered by the Missile Technology Control Regime, a voluntary agreement among 34 nations that limits transfers of missiles and components of systems with ranges of greater than 186 miles.

One official said the transfers between North Korea and Iran included large diameter engines, which could be used for a future Iranian long-range missile system.

The United Nations Security Council in June 2010 imposed sanctions on Iran for its illegal uranium enrichment program. The sanctions prohibit Iran from purchasing ballistic missile goods and are aimed at blocking Iran from acquiring “technology related to ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons.”

U.S. officials said the transfers carried out since September appear to be covered by the sanctions.

Other details of the transfers could not be learned. However, U.S. intelligence agencies in the past have identified Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran

Wikileaks details a classified State Department cable from October of 2009 calling Iran one of North Korea's largest customers for missle technologies. I'm sure both North Korea and Iran have the most "peaceful" of intentions toward the world and the United States in particular.

Or have I been eating paint chips again?