A technology company that earlier this year opsporingssoftware to Iran yielded, would have close links with the British Foreign minister, William Hague. Hague to book as a critic of the anti-western regime.
Creativity Software sells software for tracking mobile phones. A major shareholder of the company is MMC Ventures, including two senior executives, until recently, the Hague financed, reports The Daily Telegraph on its website. It is unclear which newspaper this notice is based. Hague since last year, the British minister of Foreign Affairs.
Creativity Software sold earlier this year are traceersoftware to the Iranian provider Irancell. The regime of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would be uprisings in his country want to suppress. The company confirms the delivery, but want to because of breach of contract to say nothing. With the software can be a security service every fifteen seconds the exact location of a citizen find out.
The Iranian journalist Saeid Pourheydar was weeks in the cell, because he is against the Iranian regime would like to protest. Government officials confonteerden him in the prison with his telefoongeschiedenis. According to Pourheydar hold the Iranian government him via his mobile carefully monitored.
The Daily Telegraph writes that the British government, the sale has not forbidden, because the software company not the law would have violated. Members of the opposition demands a clarification of the Hague; the United Kingdom, as an ally of the United States noted opponent of the current Iranian government. Because of sanctions enter countries of the European Union’s strict export controls on strategic goods to Iran.
Iran is the mobile traffic is severe in the holes since the student uprising in 2009. Then came numerous students in revolt against the regime and used as social media. Also in Tunisia and Egypt, where previously a successful revolt took place, did protesters use social media to get their message to proclaim. Iran therefore wants to with a private version of the internet the digital traffic is expected to be heavily censored.