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These were not UN sanctions. If you read the report it clearly says these were regulations placed by Washington. UN had no banking restrictions on Iran if the

These were not UN sanctions. If you read the report it clearly says these were regulations placed by Washington. UN had no banking restrictions on Iran if the activity was unrelated to nuclear proliferation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran

rgbrenner 8y ago
Computer equipment can be used to run simulations for nuclear weapons (in fact, this is how nuclear weapons have been tested for decades.. and why we don't detonate them any more), and therefore is prohibited under the UN sanctions. Additionally, the UN sanctions also prohibit banking services for prohibited items. This is what Meng is accused of: attempting to transfer HP computers to Iran, and using the US financial system to do it. Both of these activities are prohibited by the UN sanctions. Please reread the UN resolutions if you're unsure of this. Edit: The bank fraud part is a US law, not under the UN sanctions.. But still that just means she committed bank fraud under US law in addition to breaking the sanctions.
- ZainRiz 8y ago
  The sanctions should include pencils too, since they can be used to do math which can be used to figure out nuclear equations, thus violating the nuclear sanctions
  - gerash 8y ago
    and power cables because they can power those computers and are obviously dual purpose.
- CryptoPunk 8y ago
  Do you have any sources? The only relevant information I was able to find is Canada's list of nuclear-related dual-use items: https://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/about-a_propos/expor/guide-2015.aspx?lang=eng#category4 https://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/about-a_p... Which was used for its enforcement of the UN sanctions. The list only includes very specialized computer hardware that can operate at very low temperatures or high radiation environments. None of the news reports I've seen state that Huawei is being accused of violating UN sanctions. The US justice department sought Meng's extradition on the grounds that she committed fraud by lying to banks. The violation of the sanctions would have been part of the extradition request if they were UN sanctions, as that would meet the dual-criminality bar, so given they're not, it's very likely these were US-specific sanctions, and the extradition request was made on the grounds of the fraud charge because, unlike the sanctions violations, it could potentially meet the requirement of dual-criminality.

rgbrenner 8y ago

Computer equipment can be used to run simulations for nuclear weapons (in fact, this is how nuclear weapons have been tested for decades.. and why we don't detonate them any more), and therefore is prohibited under the UN sanctions. Additionally, the UN sanctions also prohibit banking services for prohibited items. This is what Meng is accused of: attempting to transfer HP computers to Iran, and using the US financial system to do it. Both of these activities are prohibited by the UN sanctions. Please reread the UN resolutions if you're unsure of this. Edit: The bank fraud part is a US law, not under the UN sanctions.. But still that just means she committed bank fraud under US law in addition to breaking the sanctions.

ZainRiz 8y ago
The sanctions should include pencils too, since they can be used to do math which can be used to figure out nuclear equations, thus violating the nuclear sanctions
- gerash 8y ago
  and power cables because they can power those computers and are obviously dual purpose.
CryptoPunk 8y ago
Do you have any sources? The only relevant information I was able to find is Canada's list of nuclear-related dual-use items: https://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/about-a_propos/expor/guide-2015.aspx?lang=eng#category4 https://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/about-a_p... Which was used for its enforcement of the UN sanctions. The list only includes very specialized computer hardware that can operate at very low temperatures or high radiation environments. None of the news reports I've seen state that Huawei is being accused of violating UN sanctions. The US justice department sought Meng's extradition on the grounds that she committed fraud by lying to banks. The violation of the sanctions would have been part of the extradition request if they were UN sanctions, as that would meet the dual-criminality bar, so given they're not, it's very likely these were US-specific sanctions, and the extradition request was made on the grounds of the fraud charge because, unlike the sanctions violations, it could potentially meet the requirement of dual-criminality.