WASHINGTON – Agence France-Presse
A senior U.S. official said Thursday there was evidence that North Korea has transferred technology to Iran, confirming cooperation between two nations of deep concern to Washington.
Asked at a congressional hearing if he saw signs of technology transfer from North Korea to Iran, Wallace Gregson, the assistant secretary of defense for Asian affairs, responded: "Yes." "North Korea has demonstrated frequently their intent to violate a number of international norms, sanctions and resolutions to transfer forbidden military technology to more than one other party," Gregson said.
Gregson, who was responding to questions by Republican Senator John McCain, said he could only reveal more information in a classified session. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, on a visit to Japan in May, accused North Korea of creating an "axis of evil" by supplying Iran and Syria with weapons technology.
Lieberman pointed to Thailand's seizure of weapons last year, which he said were destined to the Iranian-backed Islamist movements Hamas and Hezbollah. North Korea denied Lieberman's allegations and called him an "imbecile."
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