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Authorities said Nvidia, the US technology firm, is still blocking Iranian Internet users from accessing its main Internet site.


Xinhua News Agency reports that the Nvidia.com software download page does not allow Iranian IP addresses to access updated programs, as the site now shows "403 - Forbidden".


It also banned Iranian users from another site, geforce.com, where this site appears as "access denied" followed by a message saying "The request has been blocked by security rules."


When users called online customer service to ask why the site was suddenly blocked, Nvidia replied as follows:

 We are sorry to inform you that Geforce Now and Geforce Experience are not available in the restricted countries.


Prior to Tehran's nuclear agreement in 2015, many US and European software companies banned Iranians from reaching concessions. The company's decision comes just days after Apple began removing Iranian applications from applications.

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      ·  7 years ago 

    great work ..like it and upvoted

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        ·  7 years ago 

      thanks

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          ·  7 years ago 

        Very interesting, though I do wonder what exactly it is:

        1. nVidia doesn't want Iranians to use their software - unlikely, they would just be losing revenue
        2. Iran forcing nVidia to not allow their citizens to access their pages - unlikely, the next option is easier to implement
        3. Iran not allowing traffic to go to the nVidia website

        Great post! Would you mind if I included it in today's "best of gaming"?

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            ·  7 years ago 

          i see so many targeting iranian thoso days, appstore also delete all iranian apps

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              ·  7 years ago (edited)

            I think it's from US rather than Iran.. In 2015 one of the sites was banned from Libya (my country) from US side. I knew the creators of the website so I asked them why I was banned... they told me they were forced to not allow users from Libya due to US laws and they couldn't do anything about it.

            It's sad... very sad.

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                ·  7 years ago 

              I wish something can be done about this... politics control everything these days. But gaming shouldn't be one of them... Things like these, Laws like these are what make 'some' of the piracy justifiable for me.

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