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Summary Sabet is a U.S. citizen and a student at the University of Georgia.
19-year-old Sahar Sabet says an Apple Store in Georgia refused to sell her an iPad after a store representative overheard her speaking in Farsi.Very hurtful, very embarrassing. I actually walked out in tears, Sabet told WSBTV about her experience.When a reporter from the station returned to the same Apple Store with Sabet, the employee once again reiterated that it is Apple company policy to not sell products to anyone from Iran. The WSBTV reporter recorded video of the exchange on her phone.Sabet is a U.S. citizen and a student at the University of Georgia but the iPad was to be a gift for a cousin living in Iran.When we said Farsi, Im from Iran, he said, I just cant sell this to you. Our countries have bad relations, Sabet said.The employee showed them Apples corporate policy on export sales, which reads:
