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| New documents demonstrate Huawei's involvement in U.S. sanctions violations against Iran |
Reuters reported on Monday that Huawei, a Chinese company that denied years of violations of US trade sanctions against Iran, submitted internal documents on the topic in 2010, noting that the company was directly involved in the delivery of US computer equipment banned by the largest phone operator Mobile in Iran.
According to Huawei's internal documents reviewed by Reuters, the packing lists released by Huawei in December 2010 included Hewlett-Packard computers and these devices were delivered to Iran Telecom. "The device is currently being shipped to Tehran and awaiting customs clearance," Huawei said in another document two months later.
Reuters believes that the packing list and other internal documents were the first to be released, and has provided the strongest written evidence yet that Huawei has been involved in trade sanctions violations. These checklists can support various procedures in Washington to test the performance of Huawei, the world's leading provider of communications equipment.
The United States is trying to persuade its allies to avoid using Huawei devices in a new generation mobile system called (5G) 5G. In addition, the U.S. authorities are involved in a legal dispute with Huawei.
Reuters recently received documents, including a billion-dollar telecommunications project in Iran, which is especially important in Washington's criminal case against a Chinese company and its chief financial officer (Wang Ming). Ming is also the daughter of Huawei's founder since he was arrested in Vancouver in December 2018 and is working on a delivery from Canada to the United States. Huawei and Ming have denied these allegations, including bank fraud, money transfer fraud, and other allegations.
These documents were not cited in a criminal case, but provided new details about Huawei's role in providing Iranian telecom companies with a large number of Hewlett-Packard computer servers and adapters and other hardware and software that was used by other companies in the United States at the time of their preparation, including That: Symantec and Novell.
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Huawei may attempt to deprive it of any unlawful activity committed (Skycom) on its behalf, including violations of the United States 'Criminal Law' set forth in the indictment.
Reuters records show that another Chinese company, not listed in the US indictment, International Information Technology Company (Panda), was also involved in purchasing hardware and software for the Iranian project. Panda International has a long-standing relationship with Huawei and is controlled by a Chinese government company.
A spokesman for Huawei said in an interview with Reuters: "Given the current legal process, it is currently not appropriate for Huawei to make comments." He added: "Huawei is committed to complying with all laws and regulations of the countries and regions in which we operate, including the United Nations. All laws and penalties related to export controls approved by the United States and the European Union."
"The United States has not exaggerated the concept of national security and used state authority to improperly crack down on some Chinese companies," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.