July 11, 2003	Friday	Jumadi-ul-Awwal 10, 1424

WASHINGTON, July 10: Eighteen US companies are under investigation for allegedly selling hi-tech military equipment to Iran through a London-based front company, the Bureau of Customs and Immigration Enforcement said on Thursday.

The illegal exports, the CIE said in a statement, include components for HAWK missiles, F-14 Tomcat fighter jets, F-4 Phantom jets, F-5 fighter jets, C-130 Hercules aircraft.—AFP