So, last year the Obama administration lifted sanctions on American tech companies that sell personal communication technologies. “It is fully legal to sell cellphones, laptops, tablets, modems, Wi-Fi routers and most of the software that most people use every day,” says Vivek Krishnamurthy, who teaches at Harvard Law School. But, Krishnamurthy says, that hasn’t meant that American tech companies have jumped into Iran — there’s still no Apple Store there. “Doing business with Iran is extremely difficult today because of the comprehensive financial sanctions,” he says. “It’s really hard to get money in or out of the country.”

Source: Politics Overshadows U.S. Tech Firms’ Hopes For Entering Iran : All Tech Considered : NPR