Even if they could, I doubt Apple wants anything they could be remotely construed as attempting to bypass said sanctions. Even if everything is above board, the

Even if they could, I doubt Apple wants anything they could be remotely construed as attempting to bypass said sanctions. Even if everything is above board, there’s also the risk of it being used as a sound bite by a politician to sway the public. So however ridiculous it might seem at face value, from their perspective it makes total sense to just not even touch the problem at all with a 10 thousand foot pole