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Apple has allegedly begun removing Iranian iOS apps from the App store

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Re: Apple has allegedly begun removing Iranian iOS apps from the App store

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Post by artmageddon »

nemtaro wrote: post #2

Perhaps this explains why: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-res... http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperit...

Those are links to a whole other issue that deserves its own discussion. Why not the following from the article itself:

"However the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury puts blocks on this market. According to Techrasa, Apple has sent the following to Iranian startups attempting to upload apps:

“Unfortunately, there is no App Store available for the territory of Iran. Additionally, apps facilitating transactions for businesses or entities based in Iran may not comply with the Iranian Transactions Sanctions Regulations (31CFR Part 560) when hosted on the App Store. For these reasons, we are unable to accept your application at this time. We encourage you to resubmit your application once international trade laws are revised to allow this functionality.”

Re: Apple has allegedly begun removing Iranian iOS apps from the App store

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Post by maxxxxx »

nemtaro wrote: post #2

Perhaps this explains why: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-res... http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperit...

I hope I am wrong but if I read this correctly it's like the Iraq resolution in 2002 that gave the president the right to attack anytime. This can be used as bargaining in negotiations but also as rationale to go to war.

Re: Apple has allegedly begun removing Iranian iOS apps from the App store

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Post by mythrwy »

maxxxxx wrote: post #6
nemtaro wrote: post #2

Perhaps this explains why: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-res... http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperit...

I hope I am wrong but if I read this correctly it's like the Iraq resolution in 2002 that gave the president the right to attack anytime. This can be used as bargaining in negotiations but also as rationale to go to war.

I hope you are wrong but fear you might not be.

Re: Apple has allegedly begun removing Iranian iOS apps from the App store

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Post by CodyReichert »

cixin wrote: post #8

Interesting. Looks like the Google Play store was also embargoed at one point: ‪ http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/28/4669004/google-opens-play-... I wonder what exactly is going on. Trump administration looking for ways to put pressure on Apple?

Well he does use an Android, so it wouldn't surprise me if that was 100% correct.

Re: Apple has allegedly begun removing Iranian iOS apps from the App store

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Post by guitarbill »

artmageddon wrote: post #4
nemtaro wrote: post #2

Perhaps this explains why: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-res... http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/peace-and-prosperit...

Those are links to a whole other issue that deserves its own discussion. Why not the following from the article itself: "However the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury puts blocks on this market. According to Techrasa, Apple has sent the following to Iranian startups attempting to upload apps: “Unfortunately, there is no App Store available for the territory o…

This. Apparently, it's shocking and newsworthy that Apple adheres to US law, and moves to rectify situations where they have been misled:

"While there is no official App Store available for the territory of Iran, many companies registered their apps as being outside of Iran to be able to get onto the store."

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