Arms dealer ‘wanted to smear gulf state’

collude…1 A veteran fixer asked communications strategists to ‘denigrate’ the gulf state suing him for (£2m) over a failed aviation venture, a court heard. US-Iranian aviation executive Farhad Azima, 78, helped train pilots for the airline of Ras-al-Khaimah [RAK], which is part of the United Arab Emirates. The emirate state’s investment body, RAKIA, has accused him of fraud and claims he colluded with the disgraced former head of the agency Dr Khater Massaad. Dr Massaad was convicted of global embezzlement…