Sputnik - Earlier, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the Chairman of the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that there are 15 plans to take countermeasures to counteract US anti-Iranian policy that will be reviewed and approved by the National Security Commission. The Iranian Parliament has urgently ...

MNA Secretary of Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace Abolhassan Firouzabadi said Apples ban on Iranian-developed apps is a political decision, saying the import of Apple products is not in the countrys interest. The iOS versions of the mobile apps developed in Iran, such as Iranian banks, online payment firms as well as ride-hailing and food delivery ...

Financial Tribune | Amir Nazemi: Apple Inc. banning Iranian iOS apps has hit headlines once again. Multiple factors are behind the recent ban which has rendered Apple smartphones almost useless in the country and can lead to a sharp fall in local demand for iPhones. Three factors have caused the recent banishment of Iranian iOS apps: US-imposed ...

IFP - Apples latest flagship iPhone series, XR and XS, have been put up for pre-order in Iran, but the prices are so astronomical that only the super rich can afford them! A few days ago Apple announced three new variants in its iPhone 2018 lineup, the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and the cheaper iPhone XR. Minutes after the handsets were ...

MENAFN- Apple has blocked access to its App Store for users in Iran, in what appears to be a total cut off for the country, the Peninsula reported. Apple does not already sell its products or operate its App Store in the Islamic Republic, but now now it has blocked all the traffic coming from the country and also from accessing its App Store in ...

Al Monitor | Holly Dagres: Imagine trying to hail an Uber on a street corneronly for the Uber app on your iPhone to suddenly stop working. Thats what happened to some Iranians whenApplepulledSnapp, a popular local ride-hailing app, from itsApp Storeon Aug. 24. The US technology company purged over a dozen popular Iranian apps, including Alopeyk, an ...

Press TV - Digital service distributor Google Play has followed Apples lead in removing Iranian apps from its store, citing US sanctions againstthe Islamic Republic. Companies such as Google and Apple were hosting Iranian apps reportedly under a license issued by former President Barack Obamas administration in 2014 but it is not clear why they ...

MNA Iranian ICT Minister Azari Jahromi said Sat. that he has held talks with FM Zarif for his help on pursuing the recent measure by Apple to shut down Iranian apps from its App Store. Since Thursday, Iranian apps have been aggressively removed from App Store in a move described by Apple as being in line with US sanctions against Iran. In ...

IFP - Irans new ICT minister has pledged to follow up on Apples removal of Iranian applications from its App Store. Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, the 36-year-old Iranian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has reacted to the omission of Iranian applications from the App Store by the Apple Inc. Apple holds 11% of ...

The New York Times - Officially, Apple has no presence inIran. Because of American sanctions against the country, the companys iPhones are not legally available for sale here, andAppledoes not offer a version of its App Store in the country. That has not stopped Iranians from snapping up millions of iPhones smuggled in from places like Dubai and ...

TechRasa- Apple has been removing Iranian apps which facilitate transactions for businesses or entities based in Iran. Apple also recently removed DigiKalas app from the App Store. In this post, we are going to explore why Apple is removing these applications. Iranians are gadget oriented people, they love their gadgets and tend to buy the latest ...

The Communications Regulatory Agency of Iran issued import permits for 26 electronics last week. The permits included 3 models of iPhone, namely the latest iPhone7, iPhone SE and iPhone 6S, although these models have been available in Irans gray technology market since their world release. Earlier on October 19, Irans Telecommunications Guild ...

The United Arab Emirates has been accused of purchasing Israeli malware capable of turning Apples iPhones into remote spying devices to clamp down voices of dissent. The revelation was made by the University of Torontos Citizen Lab after human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor sent them a suspicious linkwhich had been sent to him via a text message....

TEHRAN In an ultimatum, Iranian officials asked iPhone manufacturer Apple Inc. to either officially register in Iran or have its products banned, a local news agency reported Monday. If Apple will not register an official representative in Iran within the next few days, all iPhones will be collected from the market, Tasnim News Agency quoted the ...

A top official from Apple Inc., who had visited Iran recently, announced that the company intends to pursue cases of the brands illegal use in Iran. The official had paid an unofficial visit two months ago to Tehran to study Irans mobile phone market, said Mohammad Reza Talaei, head of a group of information and communications technology companies,...

A Microsoft Store has opened in Tehran for sales of mobile phones produced by the multinational US technology giant, an Iranian news agency says. If confirmed, it will be the first US company to open a presence in Iran, coming on the heels ofa landmark nuclear agreement reached in July to lift all trade sanctions on the Islamic Republic. According ...

Company Considers Joining Other Western Firms as Sanctions Ease AppleInc. is in contact with Iranian distributors about possibly entering the country should Western sanctions ease sufficiently, people familiar with the matter said. Senior Apple executives have met potential Iranian distributors at Apples regional headquarters on Londons Hanover ...

A recent Microsoft feedback platform shows there's huge demand for the company's services in Iran. But despitesanctions lifting on technology products being provided to the country, the company is still not providing basic features to Iranians. Users have voted over30,000 times for the suggestion, Please give the people of Iran to access the Microsoft ...

Google has told Android developers that they can start offering free apps in Iran, while Apple has removed Iran from among the countries to which sales of its products are prohibited. "Developers, starting today you can make your free apps available in Iran," Googlesaidin a Google+ post on Monday. The move appears to be linked to the U.S decision ...