(Reuters) - A major Iranian partner of Huawei Technologies offered to sell at least 1.3 million euros worth of embargoed Hewlett-Packard computer equipment to Iran's largest mobile-phone operator in late 2010, documents show.
China's Huawei, the
world's second largest telecommunications equipment maker, says neither
it nor its partner, a private company registered in Hong Kong,
ultimately provided the HP products to the telecom, Mobile
Telecommunication Co of Iran, known as MCI. Nevertheless, the incident
provides new evidence of how Chinese companies have been willing to help
Iran evade trade sanctions.
The proposed deal
also raises new questions about Shenzhen-based Huawei, which recently
was criticized by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee for failing to
"provide evidence to support its claims that it complies with all
international sanctions or U.S. export laws."
At least 13 pages
of the proposal to MCI, which involved expanding its subscriber billing
system, were marked "Huawei confidential" and carried the company's
logo, according to documents seen by Reuters. In a statement to Reuters,
Huawei called it a "bidding document" and said one of its "major local
partners," Skycom Tech Co Ltd, had submitted it to MCI.
The statement went on to say, "Huawei's business in Iran is in full compliance with all applicable lawsand regulations including those of the U.N., U.S. and E.U. This
commitment has been carried out and followed strictly by our company.
Further, we also require our partners to follow the same commitment and
strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations." 
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