165214622 story US Says Chinese Firm Broke Export Rules in ZTE, Iran Contracts (bloomberg.com) Posted by msmash on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @03:21PM from the tussle-continues dept. A US agency dealing with national security said Far East Cable violated American export-control rules by signing contracts with Chinese networking giant ZTE and Iranian businesses to sell US-origin equipment to Iran. From a report: From September 2014 to January 2016, Far East Cable "served as a cutout" between ZTE — which was under investigation by the US for export-rule violations at the time — and Iranian telecommunications companies, the Department of Commerce's…