(Reuters) -Metalsswap deals withIranby Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reported on March 1 that Glencore had supplied thousands ...

(Reuters) - Switzerland-based Trafigura on Monday became the second major trading house to confirm that it had traded with an Iranian firm that the European Union says has links to Iran's nuclear program. The two contracts demonstrate the difficulties that western powers face in curbing Iran's ability to do business with the rest of the world. Commodities ...