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Sony

Sony

Industry: 
Electronics, Manufacturing
Value of USG Contracts: 
104
Symbol: 
NYSE:SNE
States: 
CA
HI
NY
TN
Country: 
Japan
Sources: 

Company website lists numerous outlet and retail shops in Iran. (Company Website)

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"In the electronics and home appliances sections, sales of LG and Sony flat-screen televisions come with attractive service plans and free home installations. Local brands, such as Pars, go mostly ignored." (The Washington Post, "Iran hopes to resist sanctions by boosting production," 10/27/2012) 

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"But its population of about 75 million includes a sizeable urban middle class who have been avid consumers of foreign-made goods, including Samsung and Sony electronics and Peugeot cars." (Reuters, "Iran says it will cut imports of non-essential goods," 10/14/2012)

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"Sony has been in Iran since at least 2000 and currently has an office in the country."  From 2000-2009, the company was the recipient of $103.3 million US federal funds.  The company's business in Iran is currently active.  (The New York Times, "Profiting from Iran, and the US," 3/6/2010)

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