Iranian Customers Denied Of Apple's Ipad,iphone

[Ananya 0]

Did Apple Store employees in Alpharetta, Ga., refuse to sell an iPhone and an iPad to Farsi-speaking customers because they said they would be sending at least one of the devices to a friend in Iran?

How about getting deprived of buying a product just because one belongs to a particular community? This news piece seems to be a step forward towards "Communalism".
Recently Sarah Sabet, a U.S. citizen of Iranian heritage was denied of buying an Apple iPhone on account of her mother tongue being Farsi.
When Sarah was in a conversation with one of her friends in an Apple store in Farsi,she got herself in a trouble of being noticed by the apple Store employees. All of a sudden they started asking what language they are speaking in, what is the purpose of buying this device and where this device is supposed to go ?
The reason when inquired its said that Apple Stores suspect of Farsi speaking customers sending those devices to Iran.
This particular news piece is a matter of great concern as such incidents trigger community clashes and do lot of damage to communal harmony.
Buying a product has hardly any connection with US-Iran relationship being bad . Forget Communal Harmony it affects business relations between 2 nations too.
In today's world of "Globalization" one can't live in total isolation. If a country chooses to make decisions like refraining from selling a product
just because the Foreign Ministry of 2 nations are not going well along with each other. The whole import/export business will get affected.
Our diplomatic relationship in India with Pakistan hardly refrains us from importing sugar from Pakistan. Though it hardly does any good to improve our Foreign relations. But deep down somewhere a feel good factor works that despite 2 countries facing each other in battlefield they are giving a try to improve their relationships
in a different ground. Hoping to add the flavor of sugar in the relationship between 2 rival countries in the generations to come.
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[k_nitin_r 8]

The problem is because of an embargo rather than communalism. Firms are prohibited from doing business in certain nations. The political problems caused by the government of the country is to blame and the average Joe who is a civilian of the country with no political activites whatsoever become a victim of the problem.For purchases, a lot of people just buy whatever they want when on a trip to the U.S. or to Dubai because they cannot get what they want in their own countries but this isn't something that manufacturers or dealers are concerned about because it falls within legal business practices - the deal was made in a place where it was permitted and that was where the delivery/exchange took place.