{
  "id": 6348376,
  "title": "Huawei heads to trial in US over its business dealings in Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/huawei-heads-to-trial-in-us-over-its-business-dealings-in-iran-6348376",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T23:04:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/09/09/huawei-heads-to-trial-in-us-over-its-business-dealings-in-iran"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New York: Following a lengthy legal process, Huawei's trial in the United States over its international business dealings is set to begin. The company faces multiple charges, including lying about its dealings in North Korea, providing surveillance equipment to Iran for monitoring protesters during the 2009 anti-government demonstrations, and stealing trade secrets from five US technology companies. The trial, which will be held in Brooklyn, New York, is a critical moment in the ongoing US-China tech rivalry. The charges mark one of the earliest and most closely watched battles against a Chinese company by the US government. Huawei, a leading Chinese technology firm, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies any wrongdoing. The trial is expected to last approximately three months and is set to commence as the US-China tech conflict intensifies and the US seeks to prevent American technology from aiding Beijing's military. The case began in 2018 when Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver, leading to a diplomatic crisis between the US, China, and Canada. Convictions on the Iran-related charges would strengthen the US argument for placing Huawei on a US trade blacklist in 2019, citing alleged criminal conduct that posed a threat to national security. The trial is set to coincide with Chinese President Xi Jinping's meeting with US President Donald Trump on September 24 in Washington.",
  "summary": "The Chinese company is going to trial eight years after US prosecutors charged it with bank fraud, trade-secret theft and sanctions violations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}