They will have to other means to access the money. I know it must be tough cos surely entities like PayPal wont deal with Iranians.

Yes i think the US are doing that. I just noted a image of mine was tagged "Non US" the other day.

Only two years to go before the next US presidential elections. And hopefully a preview tomorrow with midterm election.
Hope for our Iranian (and other "bad" countries') friends that things will improve after that.
In the meantime the sensible thing to do for stock sites would be at most to freeze accounts, not delete. Resist. Soon America will be normal again.

Lets see?
Iranian authorities have issued indictments against eight detained environmental activists that could lead to the death penalty.
Women are arrested and imprisoned for refusing to abide by the state dress code.
Iran is known the central banker of international terrorism.
In 1988 the Iranian regime carried out an atrocious massacre sending tens of thousands of political prisoners to the gallows.
Genocide of 35,000 Kurds
People of the Baha'i faith, houses and shops are being burned or bulldozed down, they are being kidnapped and beaten. Baha'i cemeteries are being plowed up.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, openly calls for Israel's and America's destruction.

You support all that?

And you are complaining about a trade embargo, hurting Microstock? I don't even think photos are on the list with oil, military, aerospace, shipping vessels and other items.

Both Clinton and Obama signed executive orders barring trade with Iran. Just that Obama folded for a little bit of a deal to reduce the nuclear materials production.

Mostly though, it appears the European union is saying, we don't care and we'll keep doing what we want. That's free choice and I'm all for that. Just because the US says something, it doesn't mean the rest of the world needs to bow down.

You support all that?

I don't support any of that. And the EU doesn't either.

I just don't believe that isolating a country with embargo will help solving these problems. Most likely it will just radicalise them even more.
Same analysis, different solutions. Agree with you on free choice.

By the way, I am sure Iranian stock photographers are not among the terrorists and executioners and I hope* that stock photography is not part of the sanctions.

*For them, not for me.  I am happily European (at least until March, 29th at 11pm, but that's another story of self-inflicted isolationism).