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Source: BBC October 18, 2010 The United States has asked the Chinese government to do more to stop Chinese companies helping Iran with its nuclear programme and missile technology. A senior US official told the BBC that Washington had provided Beijing with a list of firms it believed had been operating in violation of UN [...]
By Andy Greenberg Source: Forbes Blog The Firewall October 14, 2010 Here’s a lesson for corporations selling high tech surveillance equipment to digitally repressive regimes: The taint of dictatorship isn’t easy to wash off, even after a year of public relations scrubbing. Access Now, a free speech organization, launched a ”No To Nokia” petition Wednesday that’s [...]
By John Pomfret Source: The Washington Post September 30, 2010 The United States announced Thursday that four of Europe’s five biggest oil companies would end their energy investments in Iran, a significant advance in the Obama administration’s efforts to pressure the Iranian government to enter negotiations over its alleged nuclear weapons program. At the same [...]
Source: BNO News/IslandCrisis.net September 30, 2010 TEHRAN – Four major non-U.S. energy firms are pulling out of Iran to comply with U.S. sanctions and have committed to end all business with the country and its subsidiaries, the U.S. State Department announced on Thursday. The U.S. State Department said that, as part of their efforts to [...]
By Maria Sheahan Source: Reuters/Fox Business September 23, 2010 FRANKFURT – ThyssenKrupp said it wouldfreeze all new business with Iran with immediate effect andterminate existing contracts there as soon as possible inresponse to ever-harsher sanctions against the Islamic Republic. “By halting business with Iran we are supporting thesanctions policies of the Federal Republic of Germany, [...]
By Spencer Swartz Source: The Wall Street Journal August 24, 2010 LyondellBasell Industries NV, one of the world’s biggest plastic and chemical producers, will end its business operations in Iran to shield itself against penalties the U.S. could soon impose on companies for violating trade sanctions. The Dutch-based company’s board approved the decision early this [...]
Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) August 18, 2010 We reported on August 17 about the lawsuit against Nokia Siemens Networks by a prominent jailed Iranian journalist, Isa Saharkhiz, who implicated Nokia Siemens in his arrest last year. He accuses them of delivering surveillance equipment to Iran that allowed authorities to trace his whereabouts through [...]
Source: Reuters U.S. August 11, 2010 * Toyota: halted exports due to “international situation” * Toyota shares fall 1.8 pct vs 2.7 pct drop in Nikkei TOKYO Aug 11 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) said on Wednesday it had suspended auto exports to Iran indefinitely since June, amid growing international scrutiny of companies dealing [...]
By Dinah Deckstein and Matthias Schepp Source: Spiegel Online August 9, 2010 Engineering giant Siemens has officially stopped doing business with Iran. But German customs officials say they recently intercepted a shipment of Siemens parts whose final destination was allegedly the Iranian nuclear reactor in Bushehr. July 1, 2010 will likely go down in the [...]
