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Chinese, Russian internet giants dodged Iran because of fears from US sanctions: Minister Iran’s telecoms minister says two major internet companies from Russia and China cancelled plans to come to Iran in mid-2020s mainly over fears that the presence could have affected their interests in the United States. According to Press TV, Mohammad Javad Azari said in social media posts on Tuesday that Iran could have used China’s Tencent and Russia’s Yandex to break the monopoly of US giants over internet services in the country. However, Azari said the two companies cancelled their plans for Iran once they became aware...
