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Viewing cable 09ANKARA65, INVESTIGATION INTO IRANIAN SHIPMENT BOUND FOR

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09ANKARA65 2009-01-15 07:09 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Ankara 
VZCZCXRO7319
PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHKUK
DE RUEHAK #0065 0150709
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 150709Z JAN 09
FM AMEMBASSY ANKARA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8466
INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 0007
RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE
 
UNCLAS ANKARA 000065 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU IR
SUBJECT: INVESTIGATION INTO IRANIAN SHIPMENT BOUND FOR 
VENEZUELA CONTINUES 
 
REF: ANKARA 0003 
 
(SBU) During a January 14 with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul 
Apakan, the Ambassador raised the seizure by Turkey of an 
illicit shipment from Iran to Venezuela (reftel).  The 
Ambassador praised Turkey's vigilance and said that, like the 
transit of a rail shipment of weapons from Iran which was 
disrupted by a terrorist attack two years ago, this seizure 
showed that Iran sought to use Turkey's territory to violate 
UN Security Council Resolutions.  Reading from a prepared 
brief on the subject, Apakan said that an inter-agency 
investigation of the shipment is continuing, but Turkey's 
Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) had already examined the shipment 
and had determined that no nuclear materials or dual use 
items were present.  Other agencies continued their 
investigation with regard to export control regimes.  Turkey 
will notify the U.S. as soon as this process was complete. 
 
Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at 
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey 
 
Jeffrey