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> a oil service company in Norway ... we sold our software to Iran The company was helping Iran avoid sanctions?! Imposing costs on their oil sector, includin
by hackuser 11y ago
> a oil service company in Norway ... we sold our software to Iran
The company was helping Iran avoid sanctions?!
Imposing costs on their oil sector, including by banning trade with it, was a necessary part of preventing them from acquiring nuclear weapons. They only gave up the weapons program in return for relief from the sanctions.
- kiiski 11y agoWas Norway participating in those sanctions? I thought the oil sanctions were just by USA and EU.
- hackuser 11y agoA good question. Sanctions included other countries outside the US and EU, but I don't recall the specifics or what Norway's position was. However, helping Iran build nuclear weapons is a very serious, very consequential thing to be doing whether or not your country is officially participating in sanctions. Would it be ok for your company to help Mexican drug cartels, even if it was legal? This is far more serious. If Iran obtained nuclear weapons, Norway would suffer the consequences too.