The WikiLeaks organization released a top secret memo from the Saudi embassy in Khartoum alleging that Iran had shipped nuclear equipment, including advanced centrifuges, to Sudan in 2012, The Times of Israel reported today.

The memo, dated February 2012 and marked as “very secret,” was leaked last week by the WikiLeaks groups along with what it claimed were 60,000 other official Saudi communications over the weekend.

“The embassy’s sources advised that Iranian containers arrived this week at Khartoum airport containing sensitive technical equipment in the form of fast centrifuges for enriching uranium, and a second shipment is expected to arrive this week,” the document read, according to a Reuters report.

Even if authentic, the message does not include details on where the Saudi diplomats sourced their information or any particular details of the shipment that could be verified.

The memo provided no other details on the equipment. The Saudi government would not confirm the authenticity of the cables released in recent days, and suggested that they could be fake.

The leaked memo highlights Iran’s ongoing alliance with Sudan, documented in some detail by Armin Rosen in Desperate For Allies and Secret Assets, Iran Penetrates Africa, which was published in the August 2013 issue of The Tower Magazine. Over the past few years, there has been evidence that Iran has shipped weapons to and through Sudan.

The Saudi memo also recalls recent charges that Iran has shipped elements of its nuclear program abroad – specifically to North Korea and Syria. If Iran is maintaining portions of its nuclear program outside of its borders, inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities will not be effective.

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