U.S. Weighs Sanctions for Chinese Companies Over Tehran Surveillance Buildup – WSJ

February 4, 2023

Security China 2018 exhibition in Beijing — FILE PHOTO/A man points at a screen showing a traffic surveillance software at the stall of the video surveillance products maker Tiandy Technologies at the Security China 2018 exhibition on public safety and security in Beijing, China October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Feb 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. is considering new sanctions on Chinese surveillance companies over sales to Iran‘s security forces, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday citing people familiar with the matter.

U.S. authorities are in advanced discussions on the sanctions and have zeroed in on Tiandy Technologies Co, an electrical equipment manufacturer based out of the Chinese city of Tianjin whose products have been sold to units of Iran‘s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the report added.