What U.S. Really Did to Us Iranians.
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What U.S. Really Did to Us Iranians.
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#2This is some serious issue. Many people have their bank accounts/paypal frozen and closed only due to having access the site through an IP from Iran.
Personally, I don't live in Iran and during christmas I was traveling there to visit my family. I basically didn't have the guts to even go near my bank website or use my credit card without making sure I'm using a VPN.
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#3good
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#4The article was very good. This situation is disturbing to Iranians.
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#5It was great.hope they care about us.
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#6Even when living outside Iran the issue is still with Iranians. Last year I worked as a freelancer for an american startup and they were not able to pay me my 6K because treasury department bans any kind of trade with Iranians due to the sanctions. I'm even not sure if I can ever settle that.
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#7What did the US really do to Iranians?
Well. The CIA overthrew their democratically elected leader in 1953 (Mosaddegh), because he dared think that the Iranian people had a right to Iranian oil revenues, and then backed a nice chap called Pahlavī (or "the Shah") to be dictator, so long as he toed the line. This wasn't just about the US getting the oil revenues, but also about preventing Iran from becoming a stabilising hegemonistic influence in the area, as a strong middle east with sound governance is against the US's interests. Juntas and corruption = cheap resources.
His bloody regime lead to the '79 coup, which lead to the ongoing political mess we see today, which is kept destabilised by trade sanctions and constant belligerence by the west, for the same old reasons. Iran could be great. Iran could be another "pole" of the world.
But as long as we perpetuate their current setup, through sanctions and close-mindedness through propaganda, the Iranian people will continue to suffer and their government will continue to benefit.
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#8Even when living outside Iran the issue is still with Iranians. Last year I worked as a freelancer for an american startup and they were not able to pay me my 6K because treasury department bans any kind of trade with Iranians due to the sanctions. I'm even not sure if I can ever settle that.
That sucks. Shouldn't there be a way to work around it though? Something like 'I sell them this pretty logo/picture for 6k and then you sell me a pretty picture for 6k as well.', with me being neither an American nor an Iranian and the picture/logo being very hard to judge in value but easy to make ("art"). You might lose some money to taxation etc here, but hey. Or is there a problem I don't see?
Edit: Hm, anti-money laundering laws maybe?
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#9My question is why all of the world's largest companies fall in line with this so easily, especially when some have official support for persian/Iran. How does that dynamic between Corporation and US Government really work?
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#10My question is why all of the world's largest companies fall in line with this so easily, especially when some have official support for persian/Iran. How does that dynamic between Corporation and US Government really work?
Personally I think many corps want to avoid any hassle and prevent any problems they may face. The laws are complicated and if they see a slim chance that they get into some legal problem they prefer not to do any kind of trade.
I really wonder about the case of coursera which is basically no trade and it is just to prevent some nationals to access knowledge supposed to be "accessible to all people". To me it's some sort of racism.