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The Islamic Republic of Iran announced this week that it has already starting enriching uranium at its nuclear facility at Natanz, giving the Obama administration ammunition in its drive to pressure Russia and China into imposing tough new sanctions against Iran.

But, as we found out, it's no easy task enforcing the sanctions that already exist in this country. Iran is getting hi-tech materials and components for a variety of weapons from right here in the USA, and we have a total embargo: blanket sanctions against any trade with Iran.

Our law enforcement agencies have become more aggressive in hunting down and catching the smugglers engaged in this illicit trade. Yet it is an ongoing cat and mouse game.

One reason it's been so hard to shut this down is that Iran often turns to under-the-radar middlemen who run small trading companies around the world. Some are based in American cities.

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