French by way of Iran

Anybody who does not believe the French and the Iranians are in bed only needs to see this entry from my visitor logs which purports to be coming from France until you drill down a bit....
VISITOR ANALYSIS
Referring Link http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=BP Thunderhorse&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t&fl=0&x=wrt
Host Name
IP Address 80.xx.xxx.xx (IP address edited)
Country Iran, Islamic Republic Of
Region Khorasan
City Mashhad
ISP E-qual Own Internal Network
Returning Visits 0
Visit Length 0 seconds
VISITOR SYSTEM SPECS
Browser MSIE 6.0
Operating System Windows 2000
Resolution 1024x768
Javascript Enabled

Isn't it illegal for Win2k to even be IN Iran? does it not reside on the banned technology list?