An Open Letter to Google and Apple: Stop Hindering Iranian Entrepreneurs

His vocation as an academic made my father a direct target of the new regime, and so — like so many other families — we fled Iran and began again in the United States. Two years ago, under the guise of complying with American sanctions against Iran — sanctions that have existed for decades — Apple started removing Iranian apps from its platform. As a serial entrepreneur myself, I identify with these young app developers.

Source: techcrunch.com