too much is happening, Iran is under pressure from inside and outside, Websites are filtered, people using VPN, hive sign up block VPN IPs ... so it is also one of the ways which block people from signing up (today I tried to sign up with ecency and it was showing me error 404 which I think it was also related to IP issue). I also heard that Hive does not accept photo verification though I asked some users to verify only with a photo, but I hope Hive system will make a better way for people to sign up and being verified.