Apple store turns away Farsi speaker
苹果公司拒将产品出售给伊朗人
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.
19岁的Sahar Sabet说位于乔治亚州的苹果商店的商店代表在听到她说波斯语后拒绝卖给她iPad.
"Very hurtful, very embarrassing. I actually walked out in tears," Sabet told WSBTV about her experience.
“非常受伤，非常尴尬。我真的是哭着走出来的。”Sabet告诉WSB电台她的遭遇。
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.
当电台记者与Sabet一同回到那个苹果商店时，店员又反复重申说不将产品出售给任何伊朗人是公司的规定。WSB电台记者用手机拍摄了对话视频。
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.
Sabet为美国公民，是乔治亚大学的一名学生，但这台iPad是送给居住在伊朗的表弟的礼物。
"When we said 'Farsi, I'm from Iran,' he said, 'I just can't sell this to you. Our countries have bad relations,'" Sabet said.
Sabet 说“当我们用波斯语说‘我来自伊朗’时，店员说，‘我不能卖给你。’我们国家的国际口碑很差。 ”
The employee showed them Apple's corporate policy on export sales, which reads:
店员向他们展示了苹果公司有关出口销售的规定，上面说：
PROHIBITED DESTINATIONS 禁运地
The U.S. holds complete embargoes against Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria
美国全面禁运商品到古巴，伊朗，朝鲜，苏丹和叙利亚
The exportation, reexportation, sale or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a U.S. person wherever located, of any Apple goods, software, technology (including technical data), or services to any of these countries is strictly prohibited without prior authorization by the U.S. Government. This prohibition also applies to any Apple owned subsidiary or any subsidiary employee worldwide.
任何无美国政府事先批准，从美国或者由任何美国公民(无论处于任何地理位置)出口，再出口，销售或者供给苹果产品，软件，技术(包括技术数据)或者服务给以上任何国家的行为都是严格禁止的。这一禁令同样适用于任何苹果全资子公司或世界各地的子公司员工。
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a statement after the incident, calling on Apple to change its corporate policy on sales to Iran.
美国-伊斯兰关系委员会在改事件发生后发表了一份申明，要求苹果公司改变公司政策并将产品出售给伊朗。
"Apple must revise its policies to ensure that customers do not face discriminatory treatment based on their religion, ethnicity or national origin," said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad. "If the actions of these Apple employees reflected company policy, that policy must be changed and all employees retrained."
美国-伊斯兰关系委员会美国执行主任Nihad Awad 说：“苹果公司必须改变它的公司规定以确保顾客不因宗教信仰，种族或者国籍受到歧视，如果苹果公司员工的行为反应了公司政策，那么这项政策必须更改，员工也必须进行再培训。 ”
Sabet says she later called Apple's corporate customer relations, where an employee reportedly apologized and told her she could buy an iPad online.
Sabet说她之后致电苹果公司客户关系部，那里的员工向她赔礼道歉并告知她可以在线购买一台iPad.
