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"Export quotas could be imposed on products including Samsung Electronics' mobile phones and Hyundai Motor's vehicles, one of the sources said... Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics accounted for a combined 30 percent of Iran's mobile phone market, Korean major newspaper Dong-a Ilbo reported in January." (Reuters, "South Korea may limit exports to Iran on payment concerns: sources," 5/17/2012)

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"Samsung, an electronics giant, markets its products in Iran, according to its website."  From 2000-2009, the company received $476.4 million US federal funds.  Their activities in Iran are currently active.  (The New York Times, "Profiting from Iran, and the US," 3/6/2010)

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"Nestle has been the target of protests by Islamists since the Gaza onslaught began, some Iranian websites said. It is among a small number of foreign companies which have factories in Iran, which notably also includes French automaker Renault. Others, such as South Korean group Samsung, market their products in the Islamic republic. Some, particularly in the oil and gas sector, have operated in the country for some time, such as Frances Total and Anglo-Dutch Shell." (Agence France Presse, "Iran to punish firms trading with Israel," 1/12/09)

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"GIANTS WITH A FOOT IN TEHRAN: Total, Shell, Statoil, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, MTN, UPS, Linde, Technip, Nokia, Ericsson, Peugeot, Renault, OMV, Societe Generale, ENI, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Siemens, LG, Samsung, Bosch, Valeo, Nestle, Unilever, BAT, Japan Tobacco." (The London Times, "American pressure threatens UK firms," 5/27/06)