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The Clinton Foundation raised $26 million from Sweden while the Swedish government was lobbying the State Department to not sanction Swedish businesses working with Iran.

In 2009, diplomatic officials warned that Sweden was ramping up trade with Iran, even while the U.S. was placing heavy sanctions on Iran in an attempt to drive them to the bargaining table and halt their nuclear program.

“Although our Swedish interlocutors continue to tell us that Europe’s overall trade with Iran is falling, the statements and information found on Swedish and English language websites shows that Sweden’s trade with Iran is growing,” wrote the U.S. Embassy in a Dec. 22, 2009, diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks. The cable was sent to seven government agencies, including Hillary Clinton’s office.

The Clinton campaign did not reply to a request for comment.

In 2009, Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson AB provided technology to Iranian telecommunications company MTN IRanCell that could be used to track their citizens. Ericsson told the Washington Times that the tracking technology could not be used by Iranian security services to track dissidents because it does not monitor location in real time.

In November 2011, a few weeks after the State Department released the first Iran sanctions list that did not include Ericsson or any other Swedish companies, Bill Clinton received $750,000 for a speech he gave to Ericsson.