a href"https:cms.hoover.orgresearchirans-covert-weapons-supply-chain-runs-through-canada-and-china-fueled-trade-based-money" hreflang"en"Iran’s Covert Weapons Supply Chain Runs Through Canada and China — Fueled by Trade-Based Money Launderinga

A Vancouver, Canada-based Iranian immigrant facilitated the purchase of American missile-testing equipment for the Iranian military, highlighting the Iranian-PRC-Canadian procurement system used to circumvent US sanctions and export controls. This system, involving fake importexport firms and currency laundering through the PRC, is a target of US financial sanctions against Iran.