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Article

13 Apr 2009

Author:
Eli Lake, The Washington Times [USA]

Fed contractor, cell phone maker sold spy system to Iran

Two European companies…last year installed an electronic surveillance system for Iran that human rights advocates and intelligence experts say can help Iran target dissidents. Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a joint venture between...Nokia and...Siemens, delivered…a monitoring center to Irantelecom, Iran's state-owned telephone company…In Iran, a country that frequently jails dissidents and where regime opponents rely heavily on Web-based communication…[this] could provide a valuable tool to intensify repression…[A] spokesman for NSN, said, "We provide these systems to be used under the applicable laws in their countries and make sure we are abiding by U.N. and [European Union] export regulations and code of conduct…[also refers to Cisco Systems]