ZTE under scanner over Iran deals

In March this year, Reuters reported that ZTE sold a powerful surveillance system Iran's largest telecom firm. The surveillance system reportedly was capable of monitoring landline, mobile and Internet communications.

Due to US sanctions on Iran, sales of the equipment are prohibited. The report furthermore reported that ZTE's 98.6 million euro contract included hardware and software products from tech companies, including Microsoft Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Cisco, Dell, Juniper Networks and Symantec.

Few months back

A few months back, US congressional panel gave approval to a measure designed to search and clear the U.S. nuclear-weapons complex of research produced by Huawei and ZTE.