Al-Qaeda Affiliate Reportedly Using Iran As Transit Point For Banned Exports
(WorldNews Iran)

An Al-Qaeda linked militant group is using Iran as its main transit point for illegal charcoal exports from Somalia, enabling the group to earn millions of dollars in profits, a report to the UN Security Council seen by media says. According to a report cited by AFP and Reuters on October 12, since March, the main destination for the illegal shipments has been ports in Iran, where the charcoal is packaged into white bags labelled...