- Home
- World
- News
- US Mulling Sanctions Against Chinese Surveillance Companies Over Export to Iran - Reports
US Mulling Sanctions Against Chinese Surveillance Companies Over Export To Iran - Reports
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 04, 2023 | 08:12 PM
The United States is considering new sanctions against Chinese companies involved in the production of surveillance equipment, with particular focus on the company that allegedly supplied its products to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing officials familiar with the situation
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th February, 2023) The United States is considering new sanctions against Chinese companies involved in the production of surveillance equipment, with particular focus on the company that allegedly supplied its products to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing officials familiar with the situation.
The authorities are in advanced discussions on this matter and have specifically targeted Tianjin-based Tiandy Technologies as its surveillance equipment has been allegedly sold to IRGC units, the report said.
Chinese exports of various video-recording equipment to Iran more than doubled in 2022 against the backdrop of nationwide mass protests, as law enforcement agencies started using advanced technology to counter the demonstrations, according to the newspaper.
Both the US State Department and the Treasury Department are considering sanctions against Tiandy Technologies, and in the event that restrictions are imposed, the Chinese company will be cut off from the American financial system and lose its ability to conduct business in US Dollars, the WSJ reported.
In September 2022, a wave of protests against the current government of Iran broke out throughout the country. Riots were ignited by the reports of the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested by the morality police for wearing a hijab improperly. Social media users speculated she had been beaten to death by police officers. Government officials have denied the allegation, stating that Amini suffered a heart attack.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
KP Government establishes wheat procurement center at Havelian
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif takes note of schoolteacher torture
Art exhibition showcases abstract expressionist paintings by Sherzada Khalid Iqb ..
Police recovers body of youngster, netted killer
UK House of Lords' member Sayeeda Warsi calls on Deputy PM Dar
World Thalassaemia Day: Blood donation camp arranged
Jam Kamal urges Pakistan-Belarus trade boost: Potential yet to be fully exploite ..
Seminar on role of youth in building lasting peace, promoting tolerance held
Google provides up to 45,000 scholarships
300,000 MT wheat to be procured from leftover areas: CM
Pakistan, World Bank agree to New Partnership Framework for reforms, development
World Bank delegation visits Planning and Development Department KP
More Stories From World
-
Flood-hit Kenya reports dozens of cholera cases
37 minutes ago -
China's Xi welcomed with 'respect and love' in Serbia
9 minutes ago -
UK says to expel Russian defence attache as 'undeclared military intelligence officer'
47 minutes ago -
N. Macedonia polls set to upend ties with EU neighbours
1 hour ago -
Israel pounds Gaza as truce talks resume
1 hour ago -
Russia says it captured two more villages in Ukraine
2 hours ago
-
Russia 'cannot' investigate AFP journalist's 2023 killing in Ukraine: Kremlin
2 hours ago -
Indonesia April temperatures hottest in four decades: weather agency
2 hours ago -
Bangladesh recall Shakib for last two Zimbabwe T20s
3 hours ago -
11 Hajj flights carrying 2,160 Pakistani pilgrims to land in Madinah on Thursday
3 hours ago -
Leading Pakistani media group publishes 60th episode of BRI column
3 hours ago -
Malta ex-PM, top officials charged in sweeping corruption probe
9 minutes ago