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This requirement makes users in sanctioned countries or territories categorically ineligible to use Patreon, regardless of any other circumstance.
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If you are located, organized, or ordinarily resident in a country or territory subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions or embargoes—currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Crimea—you are not eligible to use Patreon.
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This requirement makes users in sanctioned countries or territories categorically ineligible to use Patreon, regardless of any other circumstance.
If you are located, organized, or ordinarily resident in a country or territory subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions or embargoes—currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Crimea—you are not eligible to use Patreon.
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