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Hard Questions About the EU Lifting Sanctions on an Iranian Tech Company

By removing cloud technology firm Abr Arvan from its sanctions list, the EU has set a concerning—and puzzling—precedent. Last month, the European Union’s update to its Iran sanctions list had one notable development: the removal of Abr Arvan, the Iranian cloud technology company that the EU had sanctioned in November 2022 for human rights violations related to internet censorship.