Nokia-Siemens Networks [joint venture of Nokia and Siemens]…admitted its share of the blame for Iran's brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrators last year after selling mobile phone surveillance to the authoritarian regime…Iranian authorities…jammed and tracked cell phone calls and text messages. They used the so-called monitoring centre acquired from Nokia-Siemens in 2008 to carry out the work…"We deplore the use of this technology against dissidents," [Barry French, head of marketing and corporate affairs] said, adding that his company has learned its "lesson…" Reporters Without Borders…stressed the role of the EU in preventing human rights infringements facilitated by European companies…