
Why has lifting ban on iPhone shaken Iran’s mobile market?
Iran’s government has lifted a two-year ban on iPhone registration to permit legal imports, yet the decision to maintain high tariffs has raised doubts about its motives. Critics say the current 96 percent tariff, which President Ebrahim Raisi’s government imposed in 2022 on all handsets worth 600 Euros or more, can earn Masoud Pezeshkian’s government…