'1979 Revolution' arrives on iOS following Iranian ban

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Shortly after its release in Iran, the country's government banned the sale of
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a game that allows players to witness the unrest as a photojournalist. Created by former Rockstar Games developer Navid Khonsari, the title combines video games and documentary filmmaker for a first-hand look at the events in Tehran in the late 1970s. The Iranian government
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of the project, as the National Foundation for Computer Games (NFCG)
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to block sites like Steam and others that were selling the game less than two days after its April release. The NFCG called it "Anti-Iranian" and proceeded to confiscate copies of the title as well.

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