Washington, July 14 (ANI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe in to claims that Chinese telecoms equipment-maker ZTE sold banned US computer gear to Iran.
ZTE, the world's fourth-biggest mobile telecoms manufacturer, had allegedly provided products made by the likes of Microsoft and HP.
US sanctions prohibits the trade of any non-humanitarian goods with Iran.
An earlier investigation revealed that ZTE had sold Iran a surveillance system capable of monitoring landline, mobile and Internet communications.
According to the BBC, after the report's publication, ZTE said it would curtail its business with Iran.
Ashley Kyle Yablon, the general counsel of ZTE's US subsidiary in Texas, told FBI agents that ZTE senior managers discussed several measures to subvert the investigation into the deal by the US Department of Commerce.
He said he had also seen a 'packing list', a document detailing items in a delivery, including hardware made by top US companies such as Oracle, Cisco and Dell, worth in the region of 120 million dollars.
According to the report, Yablon said he had seen an Iranian contract, which outlined 'how ZTE would evade the US embargo and obtain the US-manufactured components specified in the contract for delivery'. (ANI)
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