The US State Department has said it is taking seriously claims that Iran sold Scud missiles to the DRC. State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin said the US had expressed concern for some time about arms sales to the region. “We continue to have concerns about provision of military assistance to the regime in Congo,” he told a news briefing on Monday. “We take very seriously all reports of transfers and missile proliferation, and will be following vigorously various reports, and taking appropriate action, when there is evidence that these ...transfers of concern have taken place.” The ‘Washington Times’ on Monday reported that US intelligence agencies had detected Iranian Scud B and Scud C missile systems in the DRC in recent weeks.
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