Free Software, not as in ‘free speech’, nor as in ‘free beer’
I hate to say this, but it sounds to me like the sanctions are in a way doing pretty much what they were intended to do: make it harder for Iran to have good engineers and technology scene, that could later be used for other things. It sucks for the average Iranian for sure, but that's true for all sanctions. What's the alternative? How do you put sanctions without hurting the people?