The undersea cables carry a large share of global data traffic between Europe, the Gulf, and Asia. Tehran proposes to impose a toll for submarine cables that provide internet communications. Iran also wants all management and maintenance handled exclusively by domestic companies.
“foreign bussinesses must operate under Iranian law.” No thanks.
Strange that Belarus IS on that list, but Russia isn’t.
Russia most certainly is, not sure why they left it off. There’s also a bunch of sanctions against Russia under the “Ukraine-related” category.