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Off base

Well the usual off base comments are here. Blame NIAC Israel policy; talk about Mohammad but miss the point.

This is not NIAC or Mohammad it is a racist Iranian American wannabe.

Who to thank

The people to thank are those who use every change to berate Iranians. The self hating Iranians like the store clerk and some on IC who lie about Iranians. Who belittle Iranian achievements and exaggerate our flaws. 

You all know what kind of "person" I mean. The way is to reject such racism. If they don't want to be Iranian then fine they could be whatever. But they don't get to speak for what Iranians are. 

Mistaken identity crisis is

Mistaken identity crisis is what all this boils down to. A lot of people want to just not deal with Islamists. Our problem is that they mix Islamists with Iranians. We need a proper government in exile to make that difference clearly apparent. Our Royal Institution was designed for this situation in case an alien invades Iran. But our King is clearly not sticking his neck out because he does not want to be seen as a dictator. Catch 22.

@alimostofi
FB: astrologer.alimostofi

Salesman is persian

The salesman is one of those who speaks english with thick american accent and he is born in persia and when he comes cross other iranians he would turn and walk away.

Apple

If Apple insists they are following US policy.. All Iranians should return their Apple products for a full refund.  Aa a good cititzen we like to follow the US policies too, and If Apple unknowingly sold their products to us, we can assist with compliance of the law!

The salesrep is Iranian??

The salesrep is Iranian?? Wow...

All Oppression Creates a State of War--Simone De Beauvoir

People realize their true identity

when they're denied their rights.

Those young people who participated in occupying Apple store are representing the True Iranian Americans, more power to them.

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Yolanda,

I read somewhere that fake apple stores exist. Have you come across any articles on this subject?

Someone posted a blog on an apple online store in Iran  Apple online store in Iran

It is obviously a fake.

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I was wondering if this Iranian Apple salesman would turn his parents away if they come to his store to buy I-pad?

Holy Cow!

The sales person was Iranian. What in the world!

Mehrdad Safeguarding My Rights!

Thank you, but no thank you!

This NIAC thing is really contagious; representing the Iranian-Americans, safeguarding our rights, standing up to the US and Israel on our behalf, supporting the Regime and their terrorist activities and wanting to do business with them on our behalf.

Thanks, but no thanks!

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Now it is a "family feud"!

Oooo the plot thickens!!!!

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Here is the "Iranian refuses to sell I-pad to Iranian" story:

//www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163035/Apple-store-bans-Sahar-Sabet-19-buying-iPad-speaking-Iranian-language-Farsi.html

Apparently, the Apple employee understands Farsi, no wonder, he is Iranian, too!

  According to

According to www.dailymail.co.uk

The Apple salesman who refused to sell her the iPad is Iranian,   What???

Does this makes the story less or more Appalling?

I guess these guys are going to go bankrupt then. :)

//blingsity.com/iran-iranian-persian-flag-apple-iphone-4-4s-case-cover-skin-black/

Thanks SK

... for your time and suggestion(s). 

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This story has landed on the front page of Press TV:

//www.presstv.com/detail/2012/06/20/247157/apple-refuse-sell-farsispeaking-customer/

//www.presstv.com/detail/2012/06/21/247281/niac-apple-discriminatory-policies-iranian/

Here is the exceprt:

The Iranian-American community is deeply concerned and outraged that Apple employees at different Apple Stores have repeatedly refused to sell products to customers solely on the basis of their Persian ethnicity.”

NIAC open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook

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Press TV mentioned NIAC!

Farmaraz jaan: It is good to know where your honor lies....

Meanwhile, I do what I can to safeguard my rights in US as well as the rights of other Iranian-Americans in  including you.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

Mehrdad

My honor is intact but circumcised, due to culture and tradition!

The iPhone case is a simple incident. There are around 1 million Iranian-Americans living in this country and they are a big part of the fabric of this society and they are not complaining about any problems. I am sorry that you feel that you have been left out.

If you are having some problems with discrimination in this country, please bring it up with Trita. As a dues-paying member of NIAC, he should give your case the highest priority.

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No, I am not Iranian. I am Mexican. However, I know very well what you and others are talking about in the comments of this blog. I was one of the original bloggers when this web site became a blogging community. :o)

So, I know plenty.

I do agree in that it is time this comment section returns to the focus of the blog.

I wish you the best of luck. You will need it more than I. I still remember how things get when you talk politics or religion on this web site.

solh

Faramarz: Seems you have got it wrong again….

 This issue has little to do with US policy and all to do with the treatment of Iranian-Americans whether by policy or simply by an uninformed  clerk and as such NIAC petition is not about the US policy but the racial profiling and discriminating against Iranian-Americans. Arguably, if this was done against an Israeli or even a Cuban-American, the clerk would have been fired by now and the company would have been made to apology officially. 

Now, you ask for NIAC to take on this and they did.  It is your turn to put  honor your own words and support it.  If you don’t take your own words seriously you can hardly expect others to do so, right?

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad

Ok Tell me lies ...Tell me lies. La la la

Tell me lies till you drop.    The comment section on this blog is all yours dear Apple Pie.  

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did we touch a sensitive chord there?! :-)

Oh, but I have more! You can mention these in your stand-up comedy, since you have such a good sense of humor! 

Tell me, how many wives did Hasan-e Mojtaba have? 59? 250? 

//www.tebyan.net/index.aspx?pid=19667&BookID=74603&Language=1

Was he not the same Hasan-e Mojtaba who slaughtered Iranians in Mazandaran?! 

So approximately every one wife would get her turn once every 2 months?

No wonder we have an Imamzadeh under every rock in Iran!

And dont worry about my name. I'm perfectly fine with Fesenjoon. Youre the one whose name needs to be changed! Isnt Soosan the wife of the Arab Imam Naghi (of all people!)?

//www.al-shia.org/html/far/2ahl/sireh/13/18.htm 

Slavery fuels Apple's

Slavery fuels Apple's profit. Its turnover is about the same as all the other companies in Retail in US. Now connect these dots. The Chinese have been allowed to import oil by US. Why? Because WalMart and Apple in Guandong Industrial Zone get the energy from the oil that comes from Iran and the money is used by Ayatollahs to kill Iranians. Now go and buy an Apple. I have never bought them. It is a matter of principle. When you buy an Apple you have helped to keep horrible working conditions under that Goh running Foxconn that makes Apple ipods iphone ipads. Baleh esmesh Goh ast. He is the.person who makes Apple machines for Apple Inc USA. So Apple is interested in keeping the Ayatollahs there with the cheap oil they provide to China. Increase the price of oil or wages and Apple will be hit.

@alimostofi
FB: astrologer.alimostofi

I said tell me more not tell me lies on the prophet.

Oh Who cares. The mportant thing is you not being mistaken with anything Iranian.   

OK folks

Want really "funny" examples? Sure.

The best example is the beloved prophet who loved having sex with 9 year olds.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENWaWcRvGtM

What did the great leader of Iran called having sex with 6 year olds? Thighing! 

Is that "funny" enough? 

Mehrdad

I agree with the US policy of not exporting high tech equipment to Iran, but I don't see what happened here as a policy issue. It is a minimum-wage sales clerk making up store policy that should be dealt with by the store manager, or the corporate folks at Apple. And I am sure that given the publicity that it has received, it will be fixed.

p.s. I am glad to see that Trita is listening to me and my suggestion. Please tell him to read my other comments about NIAC too. It will do him a whole lot of good to follow my advice!

Thank you dear Bavafa

:)