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10-Dec-2011
After most major Western telecommunication companies were forced to pull out of Iran, the Chinese giant Huawei quickly filled the void. Read this.
“UANI Applauds Huawei for Ending New Business with Iran.
While this is an important first step, we call on Huawei to fully end its business with the brutal regime in Iran. Given the regime's history of misusing telecommunications technology to conduct espionage on citizens, there is simply no justification for doing any such business in Iran.”
Because of imported electronic tracking systems, there are many Iranians who have lost their lives and/or are being brutalized in prisons throughout the country.
All those companies providing tools to further brutalize the Iranian people which include government policy of rape, torture, mutilation and murder of Iranian men, woman and children should be exposed for what they are, amoral corporations.
The executives of these amoral entities should also be aware that they are personally liable as accessory to all the well documented and publically known crimes facilitated by their products and services.
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Aynak, I dont mean to intrude, but...
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:36 PM PSTYou need to look at the bigger picture
This particular company, to my understanding has been for a number of years attempting to expand and compete in very lucrative routers and Base station markets in US and US friendly countries, and has been prevented to do so- mainly by US companies- citing their close collaboration with chinese government. I can tell you that they are addressing this issue surprisingly well. Consider this then, if a company is happy to sacrifice contracts with chinese government to gain US market share, would they hesitate in making a minor sacrifice in dumping Iranian market?
I do agree with you though on Iranian government is buying a lot on black market, but that is not in itself an argument against sanctions. In the end of the day, a lot of the electronics in these equipment, down to component level have a dual nature (military as well as civilian), which brings us back to regime's relentless insistance on "nuclear technology", their missile projects, etc which I consider to be the real reason/excuse for all the sanctions.....
Just my two cents.
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."
Mobile-phone tracking
by Fred on Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:25 AM PSTFor those who care to know about mobile-phone tracking that among others this Chinese Co. has provided the Islamist Rapists who use it to brutalize Iranians, might care to read this WSJ report.
Airtight sanctions will make availability of all these tracking services to the Islamist Rapists more difficult and expensive.
This post is inaacurate at best Fred
by aynak on Sat Dec 10, 2011 10:15 AM PST"After most major Western telecommunication companies were forced to pull out of Iran, the Chinese giant Huawei quickly filled the void."
Who forced them out of Iran Fred? This is a point you and anyone pushing for blanket sanctions have to explain.
Iranian ISP's (big or small) had only 2 vendors to buy routing equipment from up until a few years ago: Cicso and Juniper. Both of these companies were barred from selling to Iran, due to U.S sanction policies (driven by AIPAC) for over a decade now. Iranian ISP's used to buy these brands from U.A.E and Kuwait and Malaysia at 3 or 4 times the cost. And Still can.
The only difference now is that Huwie has *emerged* in the last few years as a high tech giant and they are not abiding by U.S imposed sanctions on Iran, and taking market share.
What you would need to explain, is that how this --Blanket sanction-- helps/hurt sectors like information technology in Iran? In my opinion, had the U.S policy been to exert sanctions __due only to human rights violations__ (and targeted to violators, and not everything from civilian aircrafts to telcom like in this case)NO country or company could have dared to go in and take their place. However, with sanctions that is tied to some other political agenda/motives, then this is what you get.
BTW, with U.S santions on router equipment, how do you suggest readers eager to read your great views, are supposed to do that? Remember, these equipments are used both by governments to filter and track people, but also on a daily basis by people who are consumers of information. Unless of course you are arguing, until Iran is liberated, there is no need for average Iranian to access internet? I really like to hear your practiacal answer to this Fred.
BTW, on my last trip to Iran, I could hack my way around most of the primitvie filtering system and found out very cheap software are avialable to access internet bypassing filters everywhere.
Yes, Huawi is pulling it out, all the way.
by Roozbeh_Gilani on Sat Dec 10, 2011 07:40 AM PSTMuch to usual suspects' dismay!
"Personal business must yield to collective interest."
Just to make sure all 7000000000 of them will understand...
by پندارنیک on Sat Dec 10, 2011 05:15 AM PSTShow Me the Money!
by Tavana on Sat Dec 10, 2011 05:10 AM PSTHere we go with the 'crying wolf' stories. Where in the world this 'sleeping beauty' blogger has been for the past 10 years while horrendous crimes were being committed by both American/Israeli para-militaries corporates (Blackwater for one) in the 2 neighboring countries of Iran, i.e. Afghanistan & Iraq?
Does IG Farben mean anything to you?
by Roger_Rabbit on Sat Dec 10, 2011 04:58 AM PSTSorry Freddie but history begs to differ with you:
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Farben