U.S. Weighs Sanctions for Chinese Companies Over Iran Surveillance Buildup, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 4, 2023.
By Benoit Faucon and Liza Lin
Beijing’s exports of video recorders to Iran more than doubled in 2022 as protests swept the country
The U.S. is considering new sanctions on Chinese surveillance companies over sales to Iran’s security forces, officials familiar with the deliberations said, as Iranian authorities increasingly rely on the technology to crack down on protests.
U.S. authorities are in advanced discussions on the sanctions, according to the officials, and have zeroed in on Tiandy Technologies Co., a surveillance-equipment maker based in the eastern Chinese city of Tianjin whose products have been sold to units of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a hard-line paramilitary group.
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