The German government has authorized the export of 150 Iris-T air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit confirmed on Wednesday. The authorization emerged from a statement from the German Economy Ministry to parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee, according to a report in news magazine Der Spiegel. According to the report, the Federal Security Council authorized the export of the missiles at the end of last year. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and several ministers are members of the Federal Security Council. The news comes shortly after statements from the German go…