"The charging letter alleges that Far East Cable signed contracts with ZTE and Iranian telecommunications companies to deliver U.S.-origin equipment to Iran as part of an effort to conceal and obfuscate ZTE's Iranian business from U.S. investigators," the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said in a statement. 

BIS is charging Far East Cable with 18 violations of U.S. export controls.

(Reporting by Karen Freifeld and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)