North Korean atheletes have supposedly declined to take free Samsung phones circulated to them at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

Yonhap News office said Friday the North Koreans dismissed the offer to utilize the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 cellphone amid the Games and return it upon their flight.

The phones created a problem for the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee, which considered in the case of offering them to the 22 North Korean competitors would violate United Nations sanctions that boycott exchanging extravagance items with North Korea.

The International Olympic Committee prompted that the North Koreans could utilize the devices amid their stay in the South.

Iranian competitors were likewise subject to thought because of approvals against Iran. Yonhap said a dissension from Iran’s Foreign Ministry and IOC leeway implied Iranian competitors got the cellphone.