Tracing a Weapon from Iran to Africa

Summary of Article for Parents: After 6 years of meticulous research, arms-trafficking researchers link untraceable weaons from Africa to Iran. Click here for article.

Map: Where is Iran?

Outline for Discussion with Kids:

·         Start with: What do you want to be when you grow up?

·         Some people want to be scientists. There are many different types of scientists. Can you describe some? Some scientists study weapons and where they come from.

·         Right now, in Africa, there are many wars. Some guns and weapons have ended up there from different parts of the world, bought from different countries. Every weapon has a stamp on it saying where it was made. But certain weapons found in Africa have no stamp. No one knows where they came from. And they are being used to hurt people.  

·         After studying for 6 years, scientists have just found out that the weapons come from a factory in Iran and are secretly being smuggled in Africa. These weapons are dangerous.

·         Iran is right now trying to be an important country in the world by having the most weapons and selling them secretly to other countries. Iran is ruled by men who hate America and Israel. Why would we not like the idea of Iran giving other countries secret weapons?

·         If you were President Obama, what would you do to try to stop Iran from doing this?