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China Telecom Backs Off After Iran Tech Sale Revealed
[March 23, 2012]

China Telecom Backs Off After Iran Tech Sale Revealed

Mar 23, 2012 (Radio Free Europe Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- March 23, 2012 China's second-largest telecommunications equipment company has said it will "restrict...business development" in Iran following reports it had sold sophisticated monitoring technology to Tehran.

Reuters news agency reported on March 22 that China's ZTE had provided technology capable of monitoring land line, mobile phone, and Internet communications to Iran's Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI), despite tightening international sanctions against Tehran.

The monitoring system was part of a $131 million contract with TCI.


Some of the equipment provided by ZTE under a July 2011 invoice was produced by leading U.S. firms such as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and Dell, indicating that Tehran uses foreign companies to obtain goods restricted by U.S. sanctions.

The U.S. firms announced they were investigating the deal following the Reuters report.

ZTE has denied wrongdoing.

Based on reporting by Reuters Copyright (c) 2011. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036. www.rferl.org

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